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A Tour of the Private: Traversing the Physical and Memory Landscape of North America

A Tour of the Private: Traversing the Physical and Memory Landscape of North America

Joanna Pocock Retraces Her Transcontinental Journey and Revisits the Circumstances That Motivated It

By Joanna Pocock | August 14, 2025

A Refuge From Censorship: Why Independent Bookstores Will Save Us

A Refuge From Censorship: Why Independent Bookstores Will Save Us

Kate Broad on the Invaluable Civic and Cultural Role of Booksellers Across the Country

By Kate Broad | July 23, 2025

Black authors' houses are historically hard to preserve. Here's why (plus, a few to visit).

Black authors' houses are historically hard to preserve. Here's why (plus, a few to visit).

Taking a literary pilgrimage this summer? Visit these historic Black authors' homes.

By Brittany Allen | July 15, 2025

On America’s First Highway: Preparing For a Trip Along the Great Wagon Road

On America’s First Highway: Preparing For a Trip Along the Great Wagon Road

James Dodson Explores the History and Legacy of Early Colonial Expansion

By James Dodson | July 7, 2025

Road to Avonlea: Amanda Parrish Morgan on The Transportive Intimacy of Reading and Long Drives

Road to Avonlea: Amanda Parrish Morgan on The Transportive Intimacy of Reading and Long Drives

"The car, the book, the trip—all means of getting somewhere unknown together."

By Amanda Parrish Morgan | October 13, 2023

Snapshots of the End of Travel: On Trying to Enter a Personal No-Fly Zone

Snapshots of the End of Travel: On Trying to Enter a Personal No-Fly Zone

Amy Benson Wrestles With the Devastating Consequences of Air Travel

By Amy Benson | June 14, 2023

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Bob Thompson Gets Into His Gas-Guzzling VW in Search of the American War of Independence

By Keen On | February 8, 2023

William Gay Was Never Too Busy for Life's Smaller Moments

By Sonny Brewer | September 4, 2020

On the Reverie and Detachment of the American Road Trip

By David Farrier | March 4, 2020

The End-of-Summer Joy of Reading by a Motel Pool

The End-of-Summer Joy of Reading by a Motel Pool

Susan Harlan on One of Life's Simple Pleasures

By Susan Harlan | August 27, 2019

5 Great Audiobooks For That Summer Road Trip

5 Great Audiobooks For That Summer Road Trip

From Disneyland to the Genteel South, Stories to Pass the Miles

By James Tate Hill | August 2, 2019

A Novel for Our Times

A Novel for Our Times

Francisco Goldman on Valeria Luiselli

By Francisco Goldman | March 1, 2019

Aisha Tyler on Possibly the Worst Night of Her Comedy Life

Aisha Tyler on Possibly the Worst Night of Her Comedy Life

What Could Go Wrong Doing Stand-Up at a Southern Christian College?

By Aisha Tyler | July 12, 2018

The Wild Weird World of American Roadside Attractions

The Wild Weird World of American Roadside Attractions

From "Real" Mermaids in Florida to the World's Largest Ball of Twine

By Richard Ratay | July 3, 2018

 We’ll Always Have Paris: My Time in Texas with Sam Shepard's Notebooks

 We’ll Always Have Paris: My Time in Texas with Sam Shepard's Notebooks

On a Big Sky Road Trip Into the Heart of America

By Madelaine Lucas | April 12, 2018

Photographing a New Era of American Leisure During the Vietnam War

Photographing a New Era of American Leisure During the Vietnam War

Exploring the Disconnect Between a Country at War and Its Citizens

By Joel Meyerowitz | March 13, 2018

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