In Ghost Train to the Eastern Star Paul Theroux retraces the overland journey from London through Asia he took back in the ’70s (and wrote about in the book The Great Railway Bazaar). It’s… more →
librarianautwrote 1 week ago: Reblogged from Karina Schroeder: Image from recent vacation to Cambodia Nothing is foreign. The word … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Image from recent vacation to Cambodia Nothing is foreign. The word foreigner should become extinct … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: An excerpt of an op-ed written by essayist and novelist Pico Iyer from the January 1, 2012 issue of … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Couple events coming up: Tonight, I have the honor of interviewing Pulitzer-prize winning writer She … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Pico Iyer is a prolific writer, so prolific that I haven’t read anything by him (oh, but please be k … more →
wrote 4 weeks ago: “We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next to find ourselves. We travel to … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Martin Alexander (Editor), Asia Literary Review 22, [Northern] Winter 2011 The Asia Literary Review … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Part 2 – Disorientation I can’t wait to go home. That’s the first thing that pops into my head as I … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Title: The Man Within My Head Author: Pico Iyer Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, Penguin India ISBN: 978- … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Lent is over. Most of you won’t have noticed I’m sure, but about halfway through Lent I … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Inside Locker (Photo credit: anselm23) I was reading Steve Almond’s essay in The New York Times abou … more →
wrote 2 months ago: What do you do when Theroux and Pico Set their geographic compass in you? Traveling has been part of … more →
wrote 2 months ago: First things first. I got a haircut today! After many, many months of walking around with hobo hair, … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Today in class when we read the introduction to The Snow Leopard I started thinking about how the on … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Often when I’m about to finish a shower, I find myself unsure if I have washed my hair or not. My mi … more →
wrote 2 months ago: I have a few confessions to make. I am uncomfortable being connected and being accessible 24/7. I do … more →
wrote 2 months ago: I was looking for something special, I don’t know that I found it, but I found something that … more →
wrote 2 months ago: As Tom Waits once crooned, “I never knew I needed you until I was caught up in a bind,” … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Click to buy from Amazon When I saw that Pico Iyer had written a self-examination of his long fascin … more →