The Best American Travel Writing 2013
By Jason Wilson
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Jason Wilson
Jason Wilson is the director of the Cave of Adullam Transformational Training Academy and the author of Cry Like a Man and Battle Cry. He received the President's Volunteer Service Award from President Obama and acclaimed actor Laurence Fishburne executive produced an award-winning ESPN Films documentary about Jason's transformative work with boys, titled The Cave of Adullam. Jason has over twenty-seven years of martial arts experience and more than seventeen years dedicated to the development of African American males. He is a man of the Most High, a faithful husband for over twenty-five years, and a devoted father of two beautiful children.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A book of essays is in many ways like a buffet - one doesn't expect to enjoy all the offerings, but the ability to browse and select what suits is most enjoyable. Elizabeth Gilbert's "The Best American Travel Writing 2013" offers several essays worth selecting and a few perhaps best left on the table.Gilbert explains the basis for her selections in the introduction and it is one that I heartily applaud - she has tried to include essays that carry a sense of immediacy - the reader feels that she is sharing the experience with the author rather than just reading an account. Some of the essays, of course, come much closer to the mark than others.David Sedaris's "Dentists without Borders" was my first, but not last, encounter with the charming Sedaris. While I did not feel that I was in the dentist chair (sorry Elizabeth) I now have a strong sense of what it's like to have a regular French dental team. And if I could afford that Parisian pied de terre I'd be scheduling an appointment.John Jeremiah Sullivan's "A Prison, a Paradise" recounts a family visit Cuba. He took me to a Cuba I'd never envisioned. Next time I sail by the otherwise inaccessible isle, I'll remember the sneak view of Cuban life he offered.And after being stuck home with flu-induced ennui and nothing to watch other than a documentary on running (from) the bulls, I now have a better idea what makes the humans run. Kevin Chroust's "The Bull Passes Through" was not an essay that I expected to enjoy since I'm pro-bull, but I did.This is a rich collection; I won't bore potential buyers with more of my personal favorites, I will simply warn that there a few stand-outs, a few also rans, and a few that are less than memorable.But if you know me, don't buy your own copy - Mrs. Claus is providing.(A free review copy was provided by the publisher.)