Many congratulations to Peter Hessler, who has been selected as one of the 2011 MacArthur Fellows!  It’s a much-deserved honor for someone who has been doing such great work for so long.  For me, Hessler’s books have always been a source of inspiration and admiration, and last year I got to talk to him for World Hum about his latest, Country Driving.  You can read the interview here.