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Posted inEditor's Pick

The End of Travel

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands December 28, 2021October 19, 2022

“Driven by the need for a storied life, I relished the opportunity for endless travel. Is that a moment in time, now over?”

Posted inEditor's Pick

A Kingdom for a Horse: Kokpar and the Future of Kazakhstan

by michelleweber July 7, 2017October 19, 2022

“[N]owhere in this region is the contrast between the contemporary and the ancient higher than in Kazakhstan. And nowhere is the interplay between the two more starkly embodied than in professional Kazakh kokpar.”

Posted inFeature

Home is a Cup of Tea

by Candace Rose Rardon July 3, 2017October 18, 2022

Sketch artist and writer Candace Rose Rardon tells the story of her search for home through the different teas she has discovered while traveling.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Quotes

#Vanlife: Selling Their Staged World, One Social Media Post at A Time

by Krista Stevens April 18, 2017October 19, 2022

Is the social media movement a form of free-spirited nomadism, or a clever selling of the soul to brands?

Posted inEditor's Pick

#Vanlife, the Bohemian Social-Media Movement

by Krista Stevens April 17, 2017October 19, 2022

How a movement toward simple, nomadic life in Volkswagen vans has become commercialized sponsor-fodder in which “vanlifers” trade social media currency for subsidized van repairs and discounts. Is this a new partially barter-style economy or just an outdoors, office-free variation of work pressure to tend ravenous social media accounts? Is it really freedom or just […]

Posted inNonfiction, Reading List

On Going Back Home: A Reading List

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands May 31, 2014October 19, 2022

We are expats and nomads. We are products of multiple countries. We run away from places that don’t feel quite right, only to never find where we belong. These stories celebrate the journey of returning to (or discovering) our roots, and the elusive, ever-evolving concept of home.

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