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Travel by Foot, Bike, Bus, and Train

Travel Is a Topo Map
aka, Waiting for the Gringa: The moment my “weightlessness” dawns on me, time goes haywire. I pull up my pants and do the only thing I can. Run.
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Two Places, One Frigid, One Balmy
One frigid, one balmy. A reading from an interview on favorite places and more with London-based travel writer Tom Fish.
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You Can Be Here
My bladder recognizes walls that hold space for entire worlds. An exploration of who gets to say you can't be here and the love of public spaces where…
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What I Mean to Say Is Gracias
The bus disappears in a haze of golden flecks. There's not so much as a signpost. And I have to decide. What now?
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Empty and Full on a Northbound Greyhound
The weight of my pack was shocking. So was the emptiness of the Greyhound station in Charleston, West Virginia. Maybe the fact that this was no longer a…
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"Other"
Their voices over the surf are barely audible.
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