The Field-Tested Books Project
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 06.26.08 | 2:51 PM ET
Great concept: A collection of short essays about how “our perception of a book is affected by the place where we read it. Or maybe the other way around.” Dozens of writers were asked to chime in for the 2008 edition, including Andrei Codrescu (he read “Under the Volcano” by Malcolm Lowry, in Oaxaca, Mexico), Lauren Groff (“Les Miserables” by Victor Hugo, in Notre Dame des Landes, France) and Kevin Guilfoile (“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain, on U.S. Highways I-79, I-77 and I-95). (via Jaunted)
Related on World Hum:
* ‘Literary History is Pretty Much One Disgruntled Traveler After Another’