Writing about home is harder than writing about exotic places

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“China is easier to write about than Cheyenne, Leningrad easier than Louisville. But to see Cheyenne and Louisville written about well, to see the dailiness of America brought to life with freshness and humor, is to watch one of the hardest high-wire acts in travel writing.”

–William Zinsser, They Went: The Art and Craft of Travel Writing (1991)

Original article can be found here: Writing about home is harder than writing about exotic places