The Best American Travel Writing 2011 (The Best American Series ®)

Review "[Crosley's] selections succeed in piquing the armchair traveler’s wanderlust." --*Booklist* From the Back Cover The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites . A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected—and most popular—of its kind. *The Best American Travel Writing 2011* includes André Aciman, Christopher Buckley, Maureen Dowd, Verlyn Klinkenborg, Ariel Levy, Téa Obreht, Annie Proulx, Gary Shteyngart, William T. Vollmann, Emily Witt, and others [INSERT AUTHOR PHOTO] SLOANE CROSLEY, editor, is the author of the *New York Times* bestsellers *I Was Told There’d Be Cake*, which was a finalist for the Thurber Prize, and *How Did You Get This Number*. She is also a weekly columnist for the *Independent*. She lives in Manhattan, where she is a regular contributor to *GQ*, the *New York Times*, and National Public Radio. Look for the other best-selling titles in the Best American series: THE BEST AMERICAN COMICS THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES THE BEST AMERICAN NONREQUIRED READING THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES THE BEST AMERICAN SPORTS WRITING The Best American Series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American Series the most respected - and most popular - of its kind. The Best American Travel Writing 2011 includes André Aciman, Christopher Buckley, Maureen Dowd, Verlyn Klinkenborg, Ariel Levy, Téa Obreht, Annie Proulx, Gary Shteyngart, William T. Vollmann, Emily Witt, and others.Sloane Crosley, editor, is the author of the New York Times bestseller I Was Told There’d Be Cake, which was a finalist for the Thurber Prize, and How Did You Get This Number. She is also a weekly columnist for the Independent. She lives in Manhattan, where she is a regular contributor to GQ, the New York Times and National Public Radio. "These gifted authors don't just tell us about unique or out-of-the-way places; they take us to them, show us what they look like, show us who their people are, and make us feel like we've experienced them." - Booklist

The Best American Series®
First, Best, and Best-Selling

The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites . A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected—and most popular—of its kind.

The Best American Travel Writing 2011 includes

André Aciman, Christopher Buckley, Maureen Dowd,
Verlyn Klinkenborg, Ariel Levy, Téa Obreht, Annie Proulx,
Gary Shteyngart, William T. Vollmann,
Emily Witt, and others

The Best American Series ;First, Best, and Best-SellingThe Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites . A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected-and most popular-of its kind. The Best American Travel Writing 2011 includesAndre Aciman, Christopher Buckley, Maureen Dowd, Verlyn Klinkenborg, Ariel Levy, Tea Obreht, Annie Proulx, Gary Shteyngart, William T. Vollmann, Emily Witt, and others The hilarious and well-traveled Sloane Crosley, author of the New York Times bestseller I Was Told There'd be Cake , helms this collection of the genre's gems. Presents an anthology of the best travel writing published in the past year, selected from American magazines and newspapers