The Best American Travel Writing 2015

In his introduction, guest editor Andrew McCarthy says that the best travel writing is “the anonymous and solitary traveler capturing a moment in time and place, giving meaning to his or her travels.” The stories in *The Best American Travel Writing 2015 *demonstrate just that spirit, whether it is the story of a marine returning to Iraq a decade after his deployment, a writer retracing the footsteps of humanity as it spread from Africa throughout the world, or looking for love on a physics-themed cruise down the Rhone River. No matter what the subject, the writers featured in this volume boldly call out, “Yes, this matters. Follow me!”

*The Best American Travel Writing 2015* includes

Iris Smyles, Paul Theroux, Christopher Solomon

Patricia Marx, Kevin Baker, Benjamin Busch, Maud Newton

Gary Shteyngart, Paul Salopek, 

*and others*

ANDREW MCCARTHY, guest editor, is the author of the *New York Times* best-selling travel memoir *The Longest Way Home.* He has served as an editor at large at *National Geographic Traveler* and been named travel journalist of the year by the Society of American Travel Writers. He is also an actor and director.

JASON WILSON, series editor, is the author of *Boozehound: On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits* and the digital wine series *Planet of the Grapes.* He has written for the* Washington Post,* the *Boston Globe,* the *Philadelphia Daily News,* and many other publications. He is the founding editor of *The Smart Set *and *Table Matters.*