thebegats:A couple days ago I learned that “A Doubter in the Holy Land,” my essay about
thebegats:A couple days ago I learned that “A Doubter in the Holy Land,” my essay about visiting Jerusalem and wondering if I’d have a religious conversion like the one my mother once had, will be included in Best American Travel Writing 2015, which is very exciting.The year’s guest editor is Andrew McCarthy, the actor, travel writer, and director. When I started searching around for his recent writing, I discovered that he’s also interested in family history! A couple months ago National Geographic Traveler published “A Song for Ireland,” his essay about discovering that his McCarthys were from Kerry rather than (as he’d always thought) Cork. “It was as if I awoke, after a lifetime of supporting the New York Yankees, to find that my people actually hailed from Boston, and I was meant to be a Red Sox fan,” he wrote. The photo above is one Max took when we were in Jerusalem two years ago. “Maud casting a dubious eye on the allocation of space for men vs. women at the Wailing Wall” was his (accurate!) caption when he posted it on Facebook. -- source link