Navigating Customs: New Travel Stories by Writers Under 25 (Tendril Anthology (Cumulus Press))

These young authors explore a wide range of travel and genre: from an autobiographical tale about chasing news stories in Nicaragua, to short fiction about a young woman who has run away from her home in Gimli, Manitoba, to a long poem about Great Barrier Island in the South Pacific. Even if we've been to the places described, we haven't been there as these writers have. We haven't gone deaf in Guyana nor questioned visiting Ground Zero in the same way, though our unease with ourselves there may be similar. And even if we've been to Locon, France, we didn't meet the same people, though we might wish we had. The writing here is fresh, unique, and takes us on journeys that are unlike any others. Book jacket.