Poisoned land / Elif Batuman --
Life during wartime / Janine Di Giovanni --
American the marvelous / A.A. Gill --
Christmas in Thessaloniki / Arnon Grunberg --
Fifty shades of greyhounds / Harrison Scott Key --
Au train de vie: that voice you hear when traveling / Peter LaSalle --
460 days / Amanda Lindhout with Sara Corbett --
Clear-eyed in Calcutta / Andrew McCarthy --
This must be the place / Michael Paterniti --
Love in the time of coca / Stephanie Pearson --
Birthplace of the American vacation / Tony Perrottet --
Excuse us while we kiss the sky / Matthew Power --
Dream acres / Steven Rinella --
Now we are five / David Sedaris --
My New York: a romance in eight parts / Peter Selgin --
Sun king / Bob Shacochis --
The last of Eden / Alex Shoumatoff --
Maximum Bombay / Gary Shteyngart --
A moving experience / Thomas Swick --
Born on the 9th of July / Peter Symmes --
In the abode of the gods / Jeffrey Tayler --
Loving Las Vegas / Colson Whitehead --
Open water / Sean Wilsey.