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A Month in Siena 10/16/2023
Reading time: 4 minutes
I wanted something to happen.
In the follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir The Return (2016), Hisham Matar goes to northern Italy with the intention of contemplating art.
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Eyewitness Travel: France 4/24/2023
Reading time: 6 minutes
The range is impressive.
Like many fans of travel writing, especially members of the travel tribe, I enjoy reading guide books.
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I tend to reach for Frommer...
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