In reading this collection, you can explore the world without having to leave the comfort of your couch. With clarity, a keen eye, and at times a sharp wit, the authors collected here teach us that the best physical journeys are accompanied by equally extensive mental and emotional ones. Expertly woven together by editor Brandi Dawn Henderson, the tales in turn instruct and entertain, explore and tap into the readers' emotions, revealing that sometimes it's not the land we are in that is foreign, so much as ourselves. "The stories in Whereabouts offer a broad collective understanding of the world we are currently living in. Each tale in this brilliantly curated collection deals not only with places and the people that make them, but also with the transformative aspects of travel, inspiring us to take our own daring first steps into the unexplored."Īuthor of Moon Living Abroad in India and Moon Taj Mahal, Delhi, and Jaipur "The stories in Whereabouts transport readers to some of the most far-reaching spots on the planet to explore the deepest regions of the traveler's psyche. Compellingly narrative and, at times, dazzlingly lyrical, we hear and feel the uncensored inside stories - both cerebral and sensual - of people settling in or on the move all over our bright world."
The voices in Whereabouts offer a completely fresh approach to travel and life out of place.
"We think of travel and life abroad as pivoting on geographic place, but it's shaped just as much by the minds and bodies we bring with us. Most marvelous is that whether the authors hold crowbars, bouzoukis, or babies, the complex truths of their essays give sturdy shelter to the many foreign selves we harbor.Īuthor of The Mouths of Grazing Things and The Declarable Future They are also connoisseurs of longing, adventure, and openness. The writers of this collection stand as capable and intrepid purveyors of the connections the rest of us don't see. To rum distilleries, ox carts, war zones, falafel stands, and daydreams where we meet versions of ourselves.
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