Revenir Monica Anderson USA In Togo, a slice of a country just smaller than West Virginia on the West African coast, nobody says goodbye. Aller et retourner, go and come back, they say instead. Whether walking the quarter-mile length of a village to buy eggs from the...
La Familia Luke Dumas USA Even before Andres asked if he could use my bed to have sex with a Turkish woman, I had the feeling our friendship was headed down a tenuous path. “Come on, man, pleeease,” he begged, as we rode the ski lift up the mountain. I...
The Postcard from Venice Maria Wiesner Germany There is a kiosk on Lido island. You pass it when you step off the ferry from Venice and walk down the main road, which crosses this narrow piece of land protecting the laguna from the open sea. Every year, I’ve bought a...
