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The Devil's Highway

by Rebecca Foster

The Devil’s Highway combines Joan Myers’s photographs with a gritty short story by William deBuys to evoke the sweeping, inhospitable open road. Constructed in 1926, US Route 191, formerly known as Route 666 and nicknamed “The... Read More

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The Hole Made by a Waterfall

by Eileen Gonzalez

"The Hole Made by a Waterfall" is a charming, intimate account of family research-motivated travels through Ireland. Leslie Lee’s travelogue "The Hole Made by a Waterfall" is about a long search for her family’s origins. With her... Read More

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A Hard Place to Leave

by Kristine Morris

The luminous essays of journalist Marcia DeSanctis’s "A Hard Place to Leave" juxtapose the restless search for elsewhere with longing for home. The entries begin in a dank Moscow hotel room in 1983, and end with DeSanctis on a blazing... Read More

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The Hiking Book from Hell

by Kristine Morris

Comedian Are Kalvø’s "The Hiking Book from Hell" is a smart, funny, and honest exposé of the cult of the outdoors, from the sublime to the ridiculous. On the cusp of middle age, Kalvø is worried. His friends have all disappeared,... Read More

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