There is an assumption that accomplished writers possess a more finely honed sense of observation than the rest of us. Or, at the very least, a heightened proclivity for the quirky. This anthology, which features the likes of Tim Cahill,... Read More

Prague, the focus city of revolutions and ethnic slaughters since the 9th century, has somehow maintained its architectural heritage and its literary and artistic fervor, according to Andrew Beattie, the author of this devilishly... Read More

Korea is different and takes some getting used to, Daniel Tudor declares. Unless, for instance, your culinary tastes run toward silkworm larvae, a common fare offered by street vendors. Tudor doesn’t confess his personal opinion about... Read More

When you’re hitchhiking about in foreign lands, whether in France, Morocco, or perhaps New Zealand, it helps—as California-girl Lisa Alpine discovered—to be “young, blond, persistent, and female.” And to get along, once... Read More

Aside from the fact that many favorite food dishes in Denmark are unpronounceable—unless, of course, you’re Danish—the country is one of the more robust foodie destinations in the world. It is not happenstance that Copenhagen’s... Read More

The question of the moment in 1907 among the male majority of the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) involved the proper attire for women for climbing. They ruled, after little debate, that “no lady climbing, who wears skirts, will be allowed... Read More

You want Jersey tough? Step aside, Gov. Chris Christie. Meet Deb Ebenstein. In the summer of 1993, she was sixteen with great legs, curly brown hair, and smarts enough not to smoke—the “whole package,” she doesn’t mind saying.... Read More

If a movie were made of Halima Alaiyan’s dramatic life of dislocation, disappointment, and transformation, it would challenge credulity. In 1948, when she was barely a year old, her village, Ibdis in Palestine, was destroyed by Israeli... Read More