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	My week in Tunisia Jeff Schucard befriends a tour guide with a car, but no petrol and brakes. By Jeff Shucard
	Kissing in New Zealand “when my travelling companion / attended a Lord of the Rings tour,/ I slipped into a sex club.” By Billeh Nickerson

Calling all writers Enter the *17th Annual Geist* Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest! Entry Fee*: $20 ($5 for additional entries) Winning entries get cash prizes and publication in Geist, so dig through your drawers and find a postcard that inspires the micro-lit writer in you. Enter now! Deadline is April 15, 2021*. For more information check out the Contest FAQ.

	In Praise of Ronald Wright The great travel writer has an eye for the telling trifle, an ear for the revealing snippet and a taste for the little absurdities of life. By Alberto Manguel
	Into the Hills Three tourists ride horseback through the jungle, the Dominican way. By Lindsay Diehl

THIS WEEK IN REVIEW Climbing to the Top Patty Osborne on Women of the World: Women Travelers and Explorers by Rebecca Stefoff. More » Ekphrastic Literature Michael Hayward on The Polish Rider and The Snows of Venice by Ben Lerner. More » Scratching the Print-Making Itch Kelsea O’Connor on Encyclopedia of Inspiration by Uppercase magazine. More »

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