The Best American Travel Writing 2020 - Paperback

by Jason Wilson (Author)

The year's best travel writing, as chosen by series editor Jason Wilson and guest editor Robert Macfarlane.

An eclectic compendium of the best travel writing essays published in 2019, collected by esteemed guest editor Robert Macfarlane, author of Mountains of the Mind and Underland. The Best American Travel Writing gathers together a satisfyingly varied medley of perspectives, all exploring what it means to travel somewhere new. For the past two decades, readers have come to recognize this annual volume as the gold standard for excellence in travel writing.

Author Biography

ROBERT MACFARLANE, guest editor, is a fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and writes on environmentalism, literature, and travel for publications including the Guardian, the Sunday Times, and the New York Times.

JASON WILSON, series editor, writes regularly for the Washington Post and the New York Times. Wilson has been the series editor of The Best American Travel Writing since its inception in 2000.