The Long Descent, Via The New Yorker

Travel Blog  •  Julia Ross  •  07.16.08 | 10:39 AM ET

While another New Yorker illustration is getting all the press, we thought we’d point out this week’s cartoon caption contest winner. It reminds us that air travel could always get worse.

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Julia Ross is a Washington, DC-based writer and frequent contributor to World Hum. She has lived in China and Taiwan, where she was a Fulbright scholar and Mandarin student. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Time, Christian Science Monitor, Plenty and other publications. Her essay, Six Degrees of Vietnam, was shortlisted for "The Best American Travel Writing 2009."


1 Comment for The Long Descent, Via The New Yorker

Sophie 07.25.08 | 11:37 AM ET

Hey, the comic link needs fixing. The New Yorker has moved on to the next winner.

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