Whatever a guidebook says, wether or not you leave somewhere with a sense of the place is entirely a matter of smell and instinct.

Venice, the most touristy place in the world, is still just completely magic to me.

Italy's siren call lures us more and more.

The Only Thing More Surprising Than the Chance She's Taking... Is Where It's Taking Her.

As travel pushes me forward, memory keeps dragging me backward.

It’s daunting to find the language so foreign, so distant, but also so thrilling. One is absolved of responsibility when the language is incomprehensible.

I would like The Discovery of Poetry to be a field guide to the natural pleasures of language - a happiness we were born to have.