Savvy Navigator just stumbled upon this interesting new volume of gay travel writing, Big Trips, More Good Gay Travel Writing. Edited by Raphael Kadushin, and a sequel to his earlier volume, Wonderlands, Good Gay Travel Writing, this compilation is a must-read for both the gay armchair, as well as the intrepid traveler.
All the stories are gripping and a fairly quick, easy read, but Savvy Navigator’s favorite story was Andrew Holleran’s account of Florida (a place SN loves to hate).
Book critic Amos Lassen sums it up nicely is his review:
“Kadushin brings together some of the A-list gay authors including Edmund White, Trebor Healey, Dale Peck and Brian Bouldrey. The book rests somewhere between memoir and travel fiction and each selection is a gem. The selections are straight forward and fascinating to read and are very different from each other. There is a great deal of literary talent in this volume and the places written about range from Corfu to Italy to Britain to America. Yet they all have one thing in common–a new kind of travel writing and a sense of love.”
For your next long-haul flight, beach vacation, or a good new-year’s-resolution read, grab yourself a copy of Big Trips. You won’t be disappointed.