Galway Girl
“I longed to lose myself in the waitressing world again.”
Tour of Duty
Four decades after Vietnam, a former soldier mounts a different mission.
On The Road
From Peking to Paris in a 1932 Plymouth.
The Wounded Wore Aftershave
One day in a doctor’s life at the 399th Combat Support Hospital in Iraq.
The First Day of Peace
World War II ended on September 2, 1945. For two alumni, something strange happened next.
The Office
“I needed a room in which I could dream.”
Sandy Carpet, Silver Screen
North Africa’s Sahrawi refugees don’t have a nation, but they have an international film festival.
Under The Hill of Riches
Llama sacrifice, desperation, and tourism in Bolivia’s mines.
Private Shetznitz
Why would a peace-loving, left-leaning, lactose-intolerant Jew from the Chicago suburbs join the Israeli Army?
Crouching Tiger, Blow-Dried Snow Leopard
If you’ve always wondered what stuffed animals are all about, there’s no better place to be a fly on the wall than the World Taxidermy Championships.
The Village Takes to the Road
On the night bus across northern Spain.
Towards an Old Architecture
On a bare rock island off the Spanish coast, a young architect contends with the anxiety of Le Corbusier’s influence.
A World Without End
Past is prologue? Not in New Orleans, where past is present.
Group Portrait With Lions
On the etiquette of traveling in a pack.
Land Without Bargains
On buying a home in Provence, circa 1988.
Fractured Homeland
Traveling the borders that divide Albanians from Albanians.
Mission Impossible
In Kenya, a nurse educator runs up against election violence.
The Flat Top of the World
Getting to the North Pole the hard way.
Day Labor
Carrots, potatoes, and life lessons in Costa Rica.
Dr. Borbor’s Soldiers
Training health workers to stop HIV in postwar Liberia. No need to sugarcoat.
Into the Woods
Taking group therapy way off the beaten path.
Walk Like An Egyptian
By foot, bus, and camel to Giza.
Orthodoxy, Alaska Style
Take only memories, leave only footprints, and air-hug if you can.
Three Lessons in Table Manners
Teaching an anthropologist how to eat.