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January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 Frank Bures

The Nation of Poets (Belt Magazine)

October 16, 2019October 22, 2019 Frank Bures

Q&A with with Peter Hessler (Longreads)

February 12, 2018February 17, 2018 Frank Bures

Geography of Madness: Turkish Edition

February 5, 2016February 10, 2016 Frank Bures

Origin Unknown

January 8, 2016January 8, 2016 Frank Bures

On Frankenwords or The Love Song of David Shing

March 4, 2012 Frank Bures

The Art and Science of Translation

August 5, 2010 Frank Bures

On Languages, Lacunas, Globish and the Spaces in Between

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Frank Bures is the author of "Pushing the River: An Epic Battle, a Lost History, a Near Death, and Other True Canoeing Stories," "The Geography of Madness: Penis Thieves, Voodoo Death and the Search for the Meaning of the World’s Strangest Syndromes," and the editor of "Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology." He writes about culture, travel, science, outdoors, narrative and belief.

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  • Dark Shamans, Stolen Bones and a Deadly Obsession: One Anthropologist's Fateful Search for the Secrets of Kanaima (Outside Magazine)
  • The Marfa Mystery Lights (Texas Journey Magazine)
  • 9,000 miles. Nearly three years. Mainly, by canoe.
  • Winter Garment Deficit Disorder (Wearing Shorts in Winter)
  • Africa's Mobile Revolution, Solar Oven Fails, and How Technology (Not Bono) Will Save the World
  • What We loved: Letter to Daniel
  • The Lost History of Minnehaha Falls
  • The Life and Death of Malls: From Victor Gruen to Karmel Square
  • Pushing the River Coverage
  • Branding Guyana: The Rise and Fall of Travel Writing

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