Sporadic tweets by World Hum's occasional editor, @jimbenning
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New post: A lost interview with Alex Garland, author of The Beach, from @frankbures. Their recently unearthed conversation offers a glimpse back at the dawn of global backpacking.
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On the Day of the Dead, a celebration of life. From the World Hum archives: worldhum.com/features/travel…
New story! @laviniaspalding had lost her love of singing in public -- until she moved to South Korea bit.ly/2biRBD7
New story: @midlifemixtape and Aunt Noonie on a Road Trip to the Spiritual Assembly. bit.ly/1VoDJ9U
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Jeffrey Tanenhaus is riding a Citibike across America? bit.ly/1PrQxrJ Still remember his @worldhum poem: bit.ly/1PrR9xK
New post: @don_george on love, loss and the sound of a Stratavarius in Cremona, Italy. bit.ly/1OtLQx6
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New: @JeffRBiggers on the mysterious connection between walking and writing. bit.ly/1NA8KG7
New! @Celbrash picked up a hitchhiker in Samoa. The encounter will stay with her forever. bit.ly/1F6FbW4
Hey, the @BookPassage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference starts Thursday. This is a good thing. bit.ly/1f5RlHq
Love this. nitter.gq/rolfpotts/status/62417…
An obsessively detailed map of American literature's most epic road trips: atlasobscura.com/articles/th… via @atlasobscura
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Who doesn't love a good story about eating guinea pig? nitter.gq/mattvillano/status/621…
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New: We talk to @TaxiGourmet, author of the new book 'Driving Hungry' from @PantheonBooks. bit.ly/1SEseZu
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From the archives: @RolfPotts on James Brown, Syria and American patriotism: bit.ly/1FY4KaJ
From the archives: 'Exits and Entrances: An Independence Day Pastoral,' by the late Joel Deutsch. bit.ly/1JHuRaJ
Contributor Peter Ferry, btw, wrote the novel Travel Writing. His new novel, Old Heart, "has the power to change lives," says Dave Eggers
Happy Monday! Just posted a new story: 'A Not-So-Literary Tour of South-Central Mexico' by Peter Ferry bit.ly/1InDybu
.@AndrewTMcCarthy on the moment the blade hit the goat's neck in Calcutta bit.ly/1cwiXVS #WorldHumClassics






