"[H]igh-quality tales from John Berendt, Cheryl Strayed, Tim Cahill, and Anna Vodicka are enough to keep readers paging through this enjoyable collection." -Publisher's Weekly, An Innocent Abroad: Life-Changing Trips from 35 Great Writers
Anna Vodicka is an award-winning writer and instructor whose essays have appeared in AFAR, Brevity, Electric Literature, Guernica, Harvard Review, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Longreads, Ms., Paste, and Lonely Planet’s An Innocent Abroad. Her work has been selected for Best of Brevity, Best Women's Travel Writing, The Missouri Review Audio Prize, and Best American Essays and Best American Travel Writing notables. She’s been a writer in residence at Hedgebrook, PLAYA, and Vermont Studio Center, and a fellow at the Seattle Film School. Together with Colleen Kinder, she co-founded The Incubator, a six-week intensive for advanced writers looking to make radical headway on a book-length manuscript. She served as editor for All Classical Radio’s 2025 Artist Anthology, and moonlights as a carpenter.
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A curated collection of the Pacific Northwest’s trailblazing contemporary artists –the culture bearers of this region’s thriving arts community, with original profiles and portraiture created by leading regional authors and photographers. Order the limited-edition book online or in select Pacific Northwest bookstores.
