Restless Women at The Mount
Women’s Travel Writers together. Marcia DeSanctis, Lavinia Spalding, Colleen Kinder at The Mount Photo: Restless Books I’ve gotten to know Edith Wharton quite a bit over the course of writing 100 Places in France Every Woman Should Go. It was therefore a privilege to discuss her with two formidable women in their own right, Lavinia Spalding and Colleen Kinder […]
An Interview with CONNECTICUT Magazine
For the release of Best Women’s Travel Writing Volume 9, a Q & A in which I get to talk about writing and travel and airplane snacks.
Tin House
My three-part series on some of the greats of 20th Century Russian literature, featuring my interviews with Joseph Brodsky, Vladimir Voinovich and Yuz Aleshkovsky. Read it here. Red Square, Winter 1987
2012 Lowell Thomas Awards
September 13, 2012 Today, I’m honored to have won three Lowell Thomas Awards, which is thrilling in the field of travel journalism. They are 1) The Grand Prize Silver Award for Travel Journalist of the Year; 2) Silver Award in Personal Comment for ‘Masha’; and 3) Bronze Award in the foreign travel article category for […]
My Essay about 9/11 wins Journalism Award
Very honored that the Connecticut chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists awarded first prize to my essay for The Litchfield County Times. Read about it here. My essay, ‘A Mother’s Snapshot from That Morning’ is a short memoir about 9/11. You can read it here.
Essay from Rwanda in first issue of Overnight Buses
There’s a beautiful new travel magazine for the iPad, and my article Green Pastures is in the first issue. App available here….Overnight Buses
Speaking with Editor Lavinia Spalding about Travel, Writing, and White Gloves
Why anyone can travel, and write about it. When did you first know you were a traveler? I was five when I first took an airplane from Boston to Tucson. My three sisters and I were dressed in matching dresses and white gloves. The planning, the packing, the trip to the airport – a journey […]
My Essay for The Litchfield County Times wins Journalism Award
Very honored to have The Litchfield County Times be awarded first prize in the opinion category for my essay about my son leaving home for school. You can read the story here.