There She Goes

Today we travel with Maxine Rose Schur to Iran, where she finds unexpected warmth, comfort -- and trust -- through a silent twilight ritual with a stranger. Maxine is an award-winning children’s book author and travel essayist, whose essays have appeared in numerous publications including The Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and The Christian Science Monitor. Her memoir, Places in T...

Today we travel with Abbie Kozolchyk as she makes her way to Suriname, Paraguay, Guyana and French Guiana, on an epic -- maybe even heroic -- personal quest to right a wrong. Abbie spent the first many years of her career in the world of women’s magazines, where she wrote and edited for the likes of Glamour, Allure, and Cosmo. She is the author of the National Geographic book, The World’s Most Rom...

Today we travel with Marcia DeSanctis to France, where, on a dark early morning at Mont St. Michel, she’s reminded of the importance of vigilance, and the existence of angels. Marcia is the New York Times bestselling author of 100 Places in France Every Woman Should Go, and she contributes to Vogue, Town & Country, Travel & Leisure, O the Oprah Magazine, National Geographic Traveler, Tin H...

Today we travel with Marcia DeSanctis to France, where, on a dark early morning at Mont St. Michel, she’s reminded of the importance of vigilance, and the existence of angels. Maggie Downs is the author of the memoir Braver Than You Think: Around the World on the Trip of My (Mother's) Lifetime, published in 2020 by Counterpoint Press. Her work has been anthologized in Best Women’s Travel Writing a...

Today we travel with Jill Robinson to Switzerland where she meets a stranger who teaches her that there is more than seeing with the eyes. Jill writes about travel and adventure for National Geographic, AFAR, Travel + Leisure, Outside, Food & Wine, Men’s Journal, the San Francisco Chronicle, and many more. She’s the editor for GuestLife Monterey Bay, and her book, 100 Things to Do in San Franc...

Today we travel with Jesse Gardner to Vashon Island, Washington, where, en route to look for whales, she discovers an unwieldy dream on the side of the road. Jesse is a writer and photographer. She co-founded Write, a workshop for writers on Orcas Island. She's been a contributor to the Huffington Post, and a Guest Columnist at the New Tribune. Her photographs have twice earned an "editors pick" o...

There She Goes...AGAIN Today we’re here with Faith Adiele in our first bonus episode of There She Goes … Again. We know we said we wouldn’t be doing interviews, but we’ve heard the requests for follow-ups with our storytellers, so -on occasion- we’ll be offering these short bonus episodes--in which one of our guests answers THREE questions that bring you a little deeper into her story. We visit wi...

Today we travel with Faith Adiele to Thailand, where, on a pilgrimage in search of famous nuns, she finds her plans abruptly changed by a group of drunken businessmen, one small, sleepy boy, and the threat of bandits. FAITH is the author of the memoir MEETING FAITH, an account of becoming Thailand’s first Black Buddhist nun that won the PEN Open Book Award. Her media writing credits include the HB...

Today we travel with Suzanne Roberts to Santorini, Greece, where a mother-daughter trip turns into an adventure that neither woman expected. Suzanne’s books include the memoir in travel essays, Bad Tourist: Misadventures in Love and Travel, the memoir Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail, the forthcoming essay collection Animal Bodies: On Death, Desire, and Other Difficulties...

Today we travel with Mathangi Subramanian to Bangalore, India, where a young girl teaches her about pride, prayer, and the politics of desire. Mathangi is an Indian American writer and educator whose middle grades novel, Dear Mrs. Naidu, won the South Asia book award. Her novel A People’s History of Heaven was a finalist for the LAMBDA literary awards and was longlisted for the PEN/Faulkner and th...

Today we travel with Natalie Baszile to southern Louisiana, to experience the healing power of FOOD. Natalie is the author of Queen Sugar, which has been adapted for a fifth television season by and co-produced by Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey. Her new non-fiction book We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land & Memory, was published by HarperCollins in April, 20...

Today, for our very first episode, we’ll begin in the South, in New Orleans, with my co-host Kelly Chappie, telling the story behind the making of There She Goes. It involves very big oysters, very cheap cocktails, a few Tornado warnings, and a friendship that was waiting to happen.

Welcome to There She Goes -- where women writers share true stories of travel. THEIR stories, THEIR experiences, told in THEIR own voices. This snippet gives you a sense of what's to come on There She Goes.