Articles & Essays
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A review of “The Magnetic North” in The Boston Globe. February, 2011.
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A review of “A Week at the Airport” in The Boston Globe. September, 2010.
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A review of “The Great Typo Hunt” in The Boston Globe. August, 2010.
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A review of “The Devil and Mr Casement” in The Boston Globe. February, 2010.
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A response to the film “Up in the Air”: “Beyond Airworld” published on World Hum. December, 2009.
(Above photo by Dale Robinette / Paramount Pictures)
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An interview with Buzz Aldrin: “To the moon and back” published in the Boston Globe. July, 2009. See the story as a JPG.
(Above photo by Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff)
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An interview with Gary Shteyngart: “On Travel Writing” published on World Hum. June, 2009.
(Above photo by Marion Ettlinger)
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An interview with Malcolm Gladwell: “His success story” published in The Boston Globe. December, 2008. See the story as a JPG.
(Above photo by Brooke Williams, via gladwell.com)
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A dispatch from Kathmandu, Nepal: “Witnessing history in Nepal” published in The Boston Globe. October, 2008. See the story as a JPG.
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A dispatch from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: “Slumming in Rio” published on World Hum. June, 2008.
An audio slide show called “Inside Slum Tourism” corresponds with the story, as does this brief article: “Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas: Three Great Films.”
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Ever wonder what dog meat tastes like? Check out: “The Dogs of Pohnpei” published on World Hum. January, 2008.
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A dispatch from Sikkim, India: “Himalayan beauty lures visitors to edge of India” published in The Boston Globe. December, 2007. See the story as a JPG.
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A profile of Mahabir Chaudhari, a human rights leader: “Story of a Nepali in Exile” published in SAMAR, the South Asian Magazine for Action and Reflection. November, 2007.
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Camp Pemi, an all-boys summer camp in N.H., turns one-hundred. “Celebrating 100th summer season of a boy’s camp in New Hampshire” published in The Valley News. August, 2007. View Part 1 and Part 2.
(Sailboat photo, circa 1930s, courtesy of Camp Pemi).
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An interview with Rick Moody: “A writer of many moods” published in The Boston Globe. June, 2007. See the story as a JPG.
(Above photo by Tina Fineberg for The Boston Globe).
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A dispatch from Pohnpei, Micronesia: “Still a beauty, remotely modern Micronesia” published in The Boston Globe. July, 2006. See the story as a JPG.
