THE BEST AMERICAN TRAVEL WRITING 2017

Edited by Lauren Collins. This collection features short-form travel writing from newspapers, magazines, and websites such as Harper’s Magazine, AFAR, and The New Yorker. This edition highlights notable works from 2016, such as "Chiefing in Cherokee" by Stephanie Elizondo Griest, "Cliffhanger" by Peter Frick-Wright, "Refugees Hear a Foreign Word: Welcome" by Jodi Kantor and Catrin Einhorn, "Waiting on a Whale at the End of the World" by Saki Knafo, "Land of the Lost" by David Kushner, "Volunteering for the Harvest" by Ann Mah, "My Father’s House" by Reggie Ugwu, and more. Houghton Mifflin. 292 pages.