E101: Travel Books that Slow You Down

Today we’re talking book pairings and why this is the new format. Today’s books are:

Never in a Hurry: essays on people and places by Naomi Shihab Nye. University of South Carolina Press, 1996

When Wanderers Cease to Roam: a traveler’s journal of staying put by Vivian Swift. Bloomsbury, 2008.

Naomi reads her poem “Please Describe How you Became a Writer.”

Full transcript of Naomi’s “On Being” interview with Kristen Tippett.

Vivian’s 2013 interview

Vivian’s delightful blog

For information on all the other books we discussed today, check out Kris on Goodreads.