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4.23.08

‘Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?’ Debuts, Second Wave of Reaction Ensues

Thomas Kohnstamm’s now infamous book hit booksellers this week, spurring another batch of reviews, considerations and rants around the web. Among them: 

* Thomas Kohnstamm & the “Hell” of Travel Writing by Los Angeles Times Travel Editor Catharine Hamm

* A review of “Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?” by Jaunted’s PBB

* A post at the New York Times T Magazine by globorati’s Mark Jolly, entitled The Travel Industry’s Dirty Little Secret

Earlier, Lonely Planet author Chris Taylor wrote a fine piece for The Melbourne Age, as did Robert Reid for World Hum.

Feel free to drop links to any other new Kohnstamm coverage in the comments.

Update: May 1, 7:05 a.m. ET: David Paul Appell chimeed in at the Huffington Post with Fluff, Loathing, and “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in Travel Journalism

Related on World Hum:
* Thomas Kohnstamm’s Lonely Planet: The Firestorm Around ‘Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?’

Posted by Michael Yessis • 4.23.08
Categories: WeblogLife of a Travel WriterLiterary TravelMedia Addict

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