This week I interviewed Henry Rollins — punk rock icon, spoken-word performer, writer, actor, DJ — about his new book, Occupants, which features his photographs and observations from war-torn and troubled places around the world. It’s a powerful book. I loved what Henry had to say about travel and the kindness of strangers and how [...]

I’m happy to report that the online travel magazine I co-founded in 2001 is back firing on all cylinders after several months of light posting. This post explains it all.

I’m so sorry to hear about the death of Denis Dutton. The writer, philosopher and academic founded one of my favorite websites, Arts & Letters Daily, which links to thoughtful and challenging writing, much of it long-form. (The New Yorker just dubbed him “the intellectual’s Matt Drudge.”) I occasionally exchanged emails with Dutton when he [...]

Nice to see four World Hum stories included as notable selections in the new Best American Travel Writing anthology, just published. This year’s book was guest edited by Bill Buford, founder of Granta and author of the excellent memoir, “Heat.” The World Hum pieces honored in the book are: On the Perils of Travel Writing, [...]

I’m a big fan of travel writer Paul Theroux, whose books often chronicle train trips while exploring culture, politics, human nature, you name it, in a shrewd, unflinching way. And lately, I’ve been been reading another kind of train travel book, “The Little Engine That Could, ” to my daughter, who just turned 4. We [...]

Kind words from USA Network, which just gave World Hum its “Character Approved” stamp, reserved for “innovators in their field who are influencing our opinions, our style, and our view of the world.” From the website: Reading Worldhum is a different experience than reading a traditional travel magazine with lists of the best museums in [...]

Praise for World Hum in the Australian: Founded in 2001 and tagged “dispatches from a shrinking planet”, World Hum promises “the best travel stories on the internet” and it often rises to the challenge (note that the quality is patchy and some writers are, well, city blocks ahead of others). But it’s an energetic and [...]

Great news, especially since it was in the writing category. Other sites also honored for the quality of their writing include NPR, BBC World Service and Vanity Fair. Thanks, Webbys.

* Update, April, 25 2010: Despite sold-out classes and overwhelmingly positive feedback from students, our travel writing classes have been put on hiatus for the time being. We’ve posted half a dozen 2010 weekend dates for our Travel Writing in the Digital Age classes, which cover travel writing, travel blogging, audio slideshow production and using [...]

I’m excited to announce the creation of new two-day workshops on Travel Writing in the Digital Age, presented by World Hum and Travel Channel Academy. Few classes these days thoroughly address how travel writing has changed and evolved with the internet. That’s why Michael Yessis and I created this course: to bring much of what [...]