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Digging » Features, Columns, Reports

The Bones of Mendihuaca Ten thousand bodies sought. Colombia faces up to a gruesome present | VQR: Virginia Quarterly Review | Winter 2009 | PDF (1.7 MB)

Close to the Bone Searching for Justice in Colombia | The Walrus - Canada's Magazine of the Year | September 2008 | PDF 1 2

Above the Clouds in a Secret Colombia Exploring Cocuy National Park, at 17,000 feet | New York Times Sunday Travel | 2 Aug 2009

Being Juan Valdez A Colombian-idol style search for the coffee icon. Picked up by Canada's National Post | Salon.com | October 2007

Will Cambodian food ever catch on in America? Why can't I get a good kuy thiew in New York? Includes a recipe for Crispy Noodle Salad | Salon.com | June 2007

The Rise and Stall of the Moto-Taxi What gets 50 miles per gallon but not a second look in the U.S.? | Outside Magazine | October 2008 | PDF

Destination: Colombia Salon's Literary Travel Guide to the World | Salon.com | January 2007

The Culture of Being A Colombian adoptee comes of age and searches for home | In the Fray | May 2006

In the kitchen with Mr. Wizard Herve This, molecular gastronomy and the Experimental Cuisine Collective | New York Observer | 3 Dec 2007

The Goat That Got Away The thorny tale of a kid-napping | New York Times | March 2009

New luster for Colombia's gem industry A certification initiative tries to tame a wild business | Christian Science Monitor | 21 June 2005

The Art of the As Told To » Interviews, Q&As, First-person Tales

A Passage to India New York Times City Section cover. Food studies, ethnography and Indian restaurants in New York | New York Times | 13 Jan 2008

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Actionable advice from self-made all-stars Dave Wiens | Jake Jacob and Pete Nelson | Natalie Ramsland | Will Allen | Timmy O'Neill | Jim Holland and John Breese | Aaron Brill | Outside Magazine | March 2009

"My Colombian War" Colombian-born journalist and author Silvana Paternostro talks about her book | Salon.com | December 2007

Wellness: Crosstraining Breaking down cross-training with mountain biker Adam Craig | Outside Magazine | January 2009 | PDF

Teachers: Be Subversive A conversation with Jonathan Kozol about his book, "Letters to a Young Teacher" | Salon.com | August 2007

Two Wheeled Act A conversation with Congressman Earl Blumenauer about the Bicycle Commuter Act | Outsideonline.com | September 2008

Seven Days in the Desert A conversation with ultrarunner Dean Karnazes about the Sahara leg of the 4 Deserts race series | Outsideonline.com | October 2008

Look to't » Personal Narrative

All I Ever Wanted Wherein I lament the lack of cock fighting (and income, and dignity) at Club Med. | Killing the Buddha | Winter 2009

Wat is the Wat Cambodian monk Sambath Suen in the Bronx | Mr. Beller's Neighborhood | December 2006

My Haggadah The rituals of a hundred-year-old family gathering | Killing the Buddha | Passover 2009

Goods » Service, Blog, Front of Book

Winter Shrinkage Small-plate restaurants hit the mountains | Outside Magazine | January 2009 | PDF

Essentials: Home Gym Stay strong all winter with this stowable gear | Outside Magazine | January 2009 | PDF

Master Class Outside's guide to the top advanced adventure schools in North America | Outside Magazine | February 2009 | PDF

More blogging (from gear reviews to paddling around Newfoundland) at Outsideonline.com

More from Salon.com

Timeline of a Tragedy An interactive guide to the 2008 disaster on K2 | Outside Online | September 2008

The ABCs of Cambodian Justice At play with the new tribunal | Tripmaster Monkey | February 2007

To Do: See Public Art Taking Over East Village Corner Illegal Art does it legally | New York Magazine's Intelligencer | August 2007

Roda: An Appreciation Portrait of a painter who painted my portrait | El Malpensante (Colombia) | June 2005

Translation » books

Suramérica, Un Continente de Agua | Ediciones Gamma | 2005

Otras Voces Otro Arte 10 Conversations with Colombian Artists | Planeta | 2005