Potts has reported from more than 60 countries worldwide, for the likes of The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Believer, the New York Times Magazine,, , National Geographic Traveler, Sports Illustrated, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and The Guardian. Mindful Moments The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace Microjoys Grow Through It You Are Radically Loved Little Pieces of Hope The Open-Air.

His other publications include Marco Polo Didn't Go There: Stories and Revelations From One Decade as a Postmodern Travel Writer (2008), which won the Chatwin Prize for international travel writing in 2009, and The Geto Boys (33 1/3 series, Bloomsbury, 2016).

Rolf Potts is the author of Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel (2003), which has sold more than 150,000 copies and has been translated into five languages. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic. Souvenirs are shown for what they really are: not just objects, but personalized forms of folk storytelling that enable people to make sense of the world and their place in it. Drawing on several millennia of examples-from the relic-driven quests of early Christians, to the mass-produced tchotchkes that line the shelves of a Disney gift shop-travel writer Rolf Potts delves into a complicated history that explores issues of authenticity, cultural obligation, market forces, human suffering, and self-presentation. More than mere merchandise, these travel souvenirs take on a personal and cultural meaning that goes beyond the object itself. Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.įor as long as people have traveled to distant lands, they have brought home objects to certify the journey. Watermark Books & Cafe will host Rolf Potts for an author talk and signing of Souvenir on Thursday, April 12 at 6:00 p.m.

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