Sybille Bedford Biography Is Worthy of Its Subject
Masterful writer Sybille Bedford finally gets a biography as rich and expansive as her life.
travel literature
Why Do We Travel? On Erika Fatland’s ‘Sovietistan’
Social anthropologist Erika Fatland eschews many of the clichés of Post-Soviet travel writing, providing an incident-packed trip to a vast, often-overlooked region in Sovietistan.
On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey (By the Book)
Paul Theroux is among PopMatters' favorite travel writers. In this excerpt of On the Plain of Snakes, wherein he traverses the Mexico/US border, Theroux takes us to the ancient city of Oaxaca, bringing forth the dignity of its Zapotec and Mixtec people.
