writing
recent publications:
[books]
- No Foreign Lands [editor, introduction] (Matador Network Publishing, 2011)
- Hint Fiction Anthology [contributor] (WW Norton, November 2010)
- Fodor’s Patagonia [contributor] (Random House, 2009)
[online nonfiction]
- The way place holds memory
- 38 questions for those cheering Osama bin Laden’s death
- How to Have a Baby [Thought Catalog]
- Notes on Commodified Language: Real Estate Porn
- The Last Speakers: K. David Harrison & the Quest to Save Endangered Languages
- Travel Writing at Ground Level
- The 32 Most Important Magazines to Matador
- 8 Reasons Matador is Launching a Print Mag
- 30 Skills for Writers
- Patagonia Ambassador Liz Clark: The Matador Interview
- Notes for Travel Writers on the “Ladder of Abstraction” 06 Aug 2010
- Notes on Abuelo Colque 19 Jul 2010
- Bariloche Juxtaposition 15 Jul 2010
- Notes on Codification and Commodification in Travel Writing 05 Jul 2010
- Outsiders Looking In: An Interview with Suzanne Roberts 30 Jun 2010
- 14 Ways of Looking at Place 22 Jun 2010
- Notes on Ten Walks / Two Talks 16 Jun 2010
- Decolonization of Self: Interview with Travel Writer / Photographer Marcus F. Benigno 07 Jun 2010
- Components: John McPhee’s Nonfiction Writing Structure 01 Jun 2010
- How to Begin Customizing your WordPress Travel Blog with No Worries 31 May 2010
- Notes on Backcountry Visa Renewal 24 May 2010
- Monday Mashup: Facebook vs Backstory vs Motivations 17 May 2010
- Glimpse Correspondents Program: Funding for Aspiring Journalists and Travel Writers 06 May 2010
- Monday Mashup: Narration and Control of Information 03 May 2010
- Monday Mashup: How Writing is “Supposed to Sound” vs. Writing Your Perceptions 26 Apr 2010
- Inventory of Things Sold, Given Away, Lost, or Stolen due to Travel 16 Apr 2010
- Notes on Remembering Distances Traveled 05 Apr 2010
- Checklist for Writers: 10 Questions to Ask While Editing 29 Mar 2010
- Monday Mashup – TBEX to SXSW 22 Mar 2010
- The Longest Running Travel Notebook I’ve Ever Had 16 Mar 2010
- Monday Mashup – Human Journalism 15 Mar 2010
- What do you want to read more of at the Notebook? 05 Mar 2010
- How to Discern Fallacious Arguments 03 Mar 2010
- Monday Mashup: Different Ideas on the Future of Journalism 01 Mar 2010
- Take Control from Your Host: Maintaining Focus on Press Trips 25 Feb 2010
- Writing Tips: Descriptions that Reveal Characters’ Relationships 23 Feb 2010
- How to move your blog from Blogger to WordPress 18 Feb 2010
- Monday Mashup 14 Feb 2010
- Monday Mashup: Sites and Technologies for Travel Writers 08 Feb 2010
- What music do you listen to when you write? [Poll] 01 Feb 2010
- How to Craft a Writing Resume 27 Jan 2010
- Notes on 2 Transparent Responses to Current Economic ‘Climate’ for Writers and Journalists 22 Jan 2010
- Free Resources For Writers and Bloggers on SEO, Social Media, Craft 21 Jan 2010
- Writing by Remixing: Gordon Lish and Raymond Carver 16 Jan 2010
- Fund my Story: New Economic Models for Writers 12 Jan 2010
- Notes on Celebrating New Years with Los Colque 07 Jan 2010
- 14 Thoughts on Being a Writer in 2010 30 Dec 2009
- Notes on Ceremony and Nochebuena (Christmas Eve) 24 Dec 2009
- Notes on Finding a New Home River 21 Dec 2009
- MatadorU: The Lives of Travel Writers in the Modern World 17 Dec 2009
- What if the internet had a map? [Community Voice] 16 Dec 2009
- 8 Ways of Seeing People that Can Sabotage Your Writing 14 Dec 2009
- Notes on the Old-School Media Beatdown 04 Dec 2009
- Notes on Going off the Map 27 Nov 2009
- Notes on Going Pro for Thanksgiving 24 Nov 2009
- YouTube Direct: Helping Media Organizations Leverage Citizen Reporting 21 Nov 2009
- FTC Guidelines Mandating Transparency to Begin Dec. 1 20 Nov 2009
- Travel Writing as Punk Rock: 15 Vital Matador Narratives 16 Nov 2009
- What makes a photo tell a story? 15 Nov 2009
- Top Newspapers’ Online Traffic vs. Circulation 09 Nov 2009
- Great Narrative Travel Writing: “I just don’t see a lot of it in the travel blogosphere. Do you?” 04 Nov 2009
- Material Transparency: manifesto on a writer’s personal brand 29 Oct 2009
- All top newspapers’ circulation down but one 28 Oct 2009
- Whatever happened to travel poetry? 27 Oct 2009
- What is your most productive writing environment? 26 Oct 2009
- NaNoWriMo – Anyone writing a novel next month? 25 Oct 2009
- How are writing conferences relevant to travel writers? 16 Oct 2009
- Micro Travel Notes: Travel Stories in 3 Sentences or Less 14 Oct 2009
- ‘Best’ 16 Tweets on Columbus Day in the Last 16 minutes 12 Oct 2009
- The Danger of the Single Story 09 Oct 2009
- Juana Molina 05 Oct 2009
- Notes on Shoplifting from American Apparel 02 Oct 2009
- Fall Notes from Florida 22 Sep 2009
- 9 Notes on What to Do With Your Old Writings 21 Sep 2009
- Notes on Surfing Hurricane Bill 25 Aug 2009
- The Dharma Shack Chronicles 09 Aug 2009
- We had our slingshots out and knives drawn. 29 Jul 2009
- Dayenu: Ceremony Notes from Passover / Easter Week 13 Apr 2009
- Early Spring Notes 30 Mar 2009
- The gringo puts everyone to bed. 17 Mar 2009
- Notes On Receiving Contributor’s Copy of Fodor’s Patagonia 11 Mar 2009
- Notes on Buenos Aires: A City de Mierda y Capos 06 Mar 2009
[print]
- Drash Summer 2009
- Fodor’s Patagonia (Random House, 2009)
- “The Airstrip” 34th Parallel (Summer 2009)
- Hint Fiction Anthology (WW Norton, November 2010)
[ebooks]
- Latin America at Ground Level (November 2010)
[online fiction]
- Notes on Erica and Show [Rumble] Mar 2009