Go Girl: The Black Woman’s Book of Travel and Adventure Partnership

Elaine Lee

Panorama is excited to partner with Elaine Lee, editor of the groundbreaking anthology Go Girl: The Black Woman’s Book of Travel and Adventure (1997), which was recently expanded, revised, and updated. We’ve included an updated reflection from Lee plus two essays reprinted from Go Girl and two from Go Girl 2 that reveal the diversity of the Black women’s travel and the importance of Paris to the Black imaginary. As the first travel book by and for African American women, Go Girl broke crucial ground in travel literature. Fittingly, Lee herself caught the travel bug in Paris, making the Parisian focus deeply personal.

Paris: Why Paris?

Paris: A Sharecropper’s Daughter Goes to Paris

Paris: Whose Vacation Is This Anyway?

Paris: Too Legit

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Elaine Lee

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Elaine Lee, Esq., is a globetrotter and award-winning travel journalist. She is the editor of the pioneering travel book "Go Girl: The Black Woman's Book of Travel and Adventure" and its sequel "Go Girl 2."Her freelance work has appeared in numerous national magazines and webzines. She has shared her love of travel on numerous local and national radio, TV shows and podcasts. She has served as a keynote speaker, lecturer and travel writing instructor at many national travel conferences and educational organizations. She has published a free quarterly Afrocentric travel media newsletter since 2001. Her cyberhome is www.ugogurl.com.