Travel Interviews
Alex Kapranos: ‘Sound Bites’ and Savory Food
by Frank Bures | 02.06.07 | 7:51 AM ET
Franz Ferdinand's singer has eaten mole in Mexico, mussels in Brussels and fishbrain bread in Finland. He talks to Frank Bures about his new book and his culinary adventures on the road.
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Yahoo! BuzzPaulina Porizkova: A Model Traveler
by David Farley | 01.09.07 | 8:27 AM ET
Photo by Ric Ocasek. Supermodel Paulina Porizkova has written a novel and contributed a story to "Travelers' Tales Prague and the Czech Republic." David Farley sits down with the model-turned-author to talk travel and the writing life.
Pico Iyer: On Travel and Travel Writing
by Matthew Davis | 11.30.06 | 8:32 AM ET
Two decades after boarding a plane for the trip that would yield "Video Night in Kathmandu," Pico Iyer talks to Matthew Davis about fact and fiction, books he wishes he hadn't written and his humble beginnings as a travel writer.
Michael Hess: The ‘On the Road’ Google Maps Mashup
by Michael Yessis | 09.27.06 | 7:18 AM ET
Almost fifty years after the publication of Jack Kerouac's definitive road novel, Michael Yessis talks to the man bringing Sal Paradise into the Internet age
Matt Gross: Reflections From a ‘Round-the-World Journey
by Michael Yessis | 08.23.06 | 12:30 PM ET
Photos by Matt Gross. The New York Times told him to make the full circle in 90 days -- as a budget traveler. Upon his return, Michael Yessis spoke to him about "interactive travel" and why he's in no hurry to get back to Croatia.
Jason Wilson: One Traveler, Three Dishes Named ‘Jason’
by Jim Benning | 06.08.06 | 8:39 PM ET
Never mind his travel-writing accomplishments. Jason Wilson has a breakfast sandwich, a pizza and a dessert named after him in three countries. Go ahead: Be stunned. Jim Benning gets the inside scoop on this rarest of travel feats.
David Farley and Jessie Sholl: A Passion for Prague
by Jim Benning | 03.06.06 | 1:02 AM ET
They met seven years ago in Prague. Now, they've edited a new Travelers' Tales Prague collection. Jim Benning asks the pair about the city's unique appeal.
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Suffering From “American Vertigo”
by Terry Ward | 02.10.06 | 12:38 AM ET
Photograph of Bernard-Henri Lévy by Thierry Dudoit/L'Express/Editing. Terry Ward asks France's rock star philosopher, BHL, about his journey in Tocqueville's footsteps and the value of traveling par hasard
Jeffrey Tayler: Facing Africa’s “Angry Wind”
by Jim Benning | 12.31.05 | 9:22 PM ET
Photo of Jeffrey Tayler by Tatyana Shchukina. Jim Benning asks The Atlantic's Moscow correspondent about travel writing, his latest book and the allure of the world's most remote regions
Catherine Watson: “Roads Less Traveled”
by Michael Yessis | 12.15.05 | 10:17 PM ET
Photo of Catherine Watson courtesy of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Michael Yessis talks with the pioneering editor and writer about serendipity, travel as education and why travelers should talk to everyone they can, especially the quiet people
Billy Collins: The Poetry of Travel
by Frank Bures | 11.22.05 | 12:31 AM ET
The former U.S. poet laureate brought the world in-flight poetry. Frank Bures asks him about travel, writing and the Delta Airlines flight on which poetry trumped Keanu Reeves.
Jennifer Leo: Travels Down the Written Road
by Jim Benning | 11.04.05 | 1:00 PM ET
Jim Benning asks the editor of a new story collection about blogging, women's misadventures and the challenges of a career in travel writing
Christopher Wakling: “Beneath the Diamond Sky”
by Frank Bures | 10.24.05 | 8:25 AM ET
A new travel novel tells the story of Western travelers taken hostage in Kashmir. Frank Bures asks the author about risky travel, and about how his own journey inspired the tale.
Larry Portzline: Inside “Bookstore Tourism”
by Michael Yessis | 10.04.05 | 9:15 AM ET
Busloads of book lovers are going on literary safari to independent bookstores. Michael Yessis talks to the man behind the growing movement.
Joel Henry: Dean of “Experimental Travel”
by Frank Bures | 07.14.05 | 3:55 PM ET
A new book from Lonely Planet preaches the gospel of unconventional travel. What's it all about? Frank Bures asks its author.