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“The Sound of Silence” by Lisa Abend. First published in AFAR, February 2014. Copyright © 2014 by Lisa Abend. Reprinted by permission of Afar Magazine and Lisa Abend.
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“The Happiness Metric” by Madeline Drexler. First published in Tricycle, Fall 2014. Copyright © 2014 by Madeline Drexler. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Ashes to Ashes” by David Farley. First published in AFAR, June/July 2014. Copyright © 2014 by David Farley. Reprinted by permission of David Farley.
“Daughters of the Springs” by Lauren Groff. First published in Oxford American, Summer 2014. Copyright © 2014 by Lauren Groff. Reprinted by permission of the Clegg Agency, Inc.
“Tales of the Trash” by Peter Hessler. First published in The New Yorker, October 13, 2014. Copyright © 2014 by Peter Hessler. Reprinted by permission of Peter Hessler.
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“A Tale of a Tub” by Patricia Marx. First published in The New Yorker, February 3, 2014. Copyright © 2014 by Patricia Marx. Reprinted by permission of Patricia Marx.
“The Great Pleasure Project” by Tim Neville. First published in Ski Magazine, November 2014. Copyright © 2014 by Tim Neville. Reprinted by permission of Tim Neville.
“A Doubter in the Holy Land” by Maud Newton. First published in the New York Times Magazine, April 6, 2014. Copyright © 2014 by the New York Times. All rights reserved. Used by permission and protected by the copyright laws of the United States. The printing, copying, redistribution, or retransmission of this content without express written permission is prohibited.
“My Timbuktu” by Adriana Páramo. First published in the Georgia Review, Fall 2014. Copyright © 2014 by Adriana Páramo. Reprinted by permission of Adriana Páramo.
“Berlin Nights” by Nick Paumgarten. First published in The New Yorker, March 24, 2014. Copyright © 2014 by Nick Paumgarten. Reprinted by permission of Nick Paumgarten.
“Made in China” by Tony Perrottet. First published in the Wall Street Journal Magazine, December/January 2014. Copyright © 2014 by Tony Perrottet. Reprinted by permission of the author and the Wall Street Journal Magazine.
“Mr. Nhem’s Genocide Camera” by Lauren Quinn. First published in the Believer, May 2014. Copyright © 2014 by Lauren Quinn. Reprinted by permission of Lauren Quinn.
“Camino Real” by Monte Reel. First published in the New York Times Magazine, February 23, 2014. Copyright © 2014 by the New York Times. All rights reserved. Used by permission and protected by the copyright laws of the United States. The printing, copying, redistribution, or retransmission of this content without express written permission is prohibited.
“Out of Eden Walk (Parts 1, 2, 3)” by Paul Salopek. First published in National Geographic, December 2013/July 2014/December 2014. Copyright © 2014 by Paul Salopek. Reprinted by permission of Paul Salopek.
“Behind Closed Doors at Hotels” by Gary Shteyngart. First published in Travel + Leisure, February 2014. Copyright © 2014 by Gary Shteyngart. Reprinted by permission of the Denise Shannon Literary Agency, Inc.
“Ship of Wonks” by Iris Smyles. First published in the Atlantic, June 2014. Copyright © 2014 by Iris Smyles. Reprinted by permission of Iris Smyles.
“Baked Alaska” by Christopher Solomon. First published in Outside, May 2014. Copyright © 2014 by Christopher Solomon. Reprinted by permission of Christopher Solomon.
“Bonfire of the Humanities” by Patrick Symmes. First published in Outside, May 2014. Copyright © 2014 by Patrick Symmes. Reprinted by permission of Patrick Symmes.
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