Frank Bures
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As seen in:
The New York Times,
Yahoo Life,
BBC Travel,
Business Insider,
The Atlantic,
Quartz,
Scientific American,
Slate,
South China Morning Post,
VICE
and
Covers:
Culture, language, science, narrative, belief, travel, Africa, running, ultrarunning, bicycling, nature, bicycling, canoeing, outdoors, creativity, writing, arts, hidden histories, mob psychology
Doesn't Cover:
Luxury travel, news, short-term trends like manscaping.
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Frank Bures’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Frank Bures is the author of The Geography of Madness, which Newsweek called one of the best travel books of the decade, and editor of Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology. His work has appeared in Harper’s, The Washington Post Magazine, Outside, Bicycling and other places. His stories have also been included in the Best American Travel Writing twice, and selected as “Notable” stories for the Best American Sports Writing, Essays and Travel Writing. He speaks Swahili, Italian and a few …
Interview
See all 21 answers →What was your first job as a journalist?
Typing obituaries.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes.
How is social media changing news?
For the worse.