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Best American Travel Writing 2018 The Best American Series ® Cheryl Strayed Jason Wilson 9781328497697 Books

I read for enjoyment and relaxation. Imagine my surprise when I open a book that’s supposed to be filled with travel writing and the first thing I read is an anti-Trump introduction.
I guess these people just cannot possibly help themselves from the anti-Trump ranting. It’s just so BORING! Give it up! Stop infecting everything with politics! We need a break already.
I’m just disappointed and regretting spending money on this book.


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Best American Travel Writing 2018 The Best American Series ® Cheryl Strayed Jason Wilson 9781328497697 Books Reviews

One of the reasons I love to travel so much, is I appreciate learning about the world around me from the perspective of the places I visit. I enjoy getting "out of America" both geographically, and in my mindset. Which is why this edition was the most disappointing of the series, and I have read almost all of them. It wasn't just the "politics" which many other reviewers noted, it was the point of view that all America and the rest of the world now needs to be seen from one side of the division that currently separates us. The only thing to be "learned" from many of these stories was whether the location visited was "woke" like us, or backwards like "you know who". Maybe it should be retitled "Best American Perspectives on Ourselves and Other Places". As an experiment, look over the list of previous guest editors and think about the great "travel authors" you have enjoyed (Theroux, Iyer, Cahill) and then read a story about the politics of polluted water in Flint Michigan. It's not that I disagree with the politics, but as one of the other reviewers commented, compared to the great writing we have come to expect...its boring.
Mostly enjoyable collection of travel-related short pieces. However, there was a bit more politics than I would have preferred in the travel writing I read. The book contained a wide-range of material, from the uncomfortable-ness of an American on a French vacation, the black experience on the Appalachian trail, to the exploration of AI and technology in Korea, and the food scene in Moscow. I enjoyed the diverse selection and learned quite a bit more about the world.
The stories in and of themselves are good, but somehow Cheryl Strayd has picked stories that are mostly pieces on politics that are thinly veiled under a threadbare cloak of travel. I understand that it is hard to not think about politics right now, in the current climate, but it would have been nice to read some actual travel writing. Or maybe pick stories where the underlying narrative is a personal crisis or dilemma or strife in the author’s life. My politics align with Cheryl Strayd, and this collection still felt like having politics constantly shoved down my throat.
I have bought this anthology every year for 10 years and this one is the worst of the lot. I’d love more beautiful writing about people and place and much less political posturing
Selections are better suited for something other than a travel anthology. The history of the Russian Revolution is not travel writing. Because you write about a subject in another place does not make it travel writing. I have read these for many years and recommend skipping 2018. I guess the editor did not understand what travel writing is.
You've seen the other reviews about the amount of politics in the stories, and the first couple of stories were heavy on politics (but were still worthy of the anthology), and then the next few stories felt like the type of stories we love in the Best American anthologies. And then there was Ian Frazier's story about St. Petersburg. I am a huge fan of Ian Frazier, but this story kept going on...and on...and on. I think about all of the pulp that went into printing that one story and how it could have been replaced by three or four (or five) other stories instead that would have provided a boatload more of entertainment. The book picked up the pace after that. I'm a loyal fan of the Best American series and will continue to read them in future years and hope for the best.
If only Cheryl Strayed could edit every Best American series. I have already taught from the book after reading it cover-to-cover in one sitting. These essays actually INSPIRE the students.

This is by far the most engaging, diverse, and refreshing group of travel writing essays I've seen in one collection.
It feels like the beginning of a changing of the guard from the smothering, dominant perspective of white, male, privileged travellers. Halle-freaking-lujah and Amen, Cheryl Strayed. Well chosen!

Thank you for putting this together. I will be teaching from it, and recommending it to others, for years to come.
I read for enjoyment and relaxation. Imagine my surprise when I open a book that’s supposed to be filled with travel writing and the first thing I read is an anti-Trump introduction.
I guess these people just cannot possibly help themselves from the anti-Trump ranting. It’s just so BORING! Give it up! Stop infecting everything with politics! We need a break already.
I’m just disappointed and regretting spending money on this book.