To the good people at Wildsam Field Guides:

You're welcome to browse the entirety of tedtrautman.com, but I wanted to highlight a couple pieces of writing that I think are especially representative of the kind of work I hope to do as a Wildsam Travel Fellow. Namely:

The not-so-open road: Hoarding books across the country, The Paris Review

describing a recent road trip from Minnesota to California.

One guidebook for the entire world?, The Atlantic

in which I reflect on Lonely Planet's quixotic attempt to condense the entire planet into a single guidebook.

The National Writer, The Paris Review

An ode to Chinghiz Aitmatov, a novelist and native son of Kyrgyzstan who died while I was living there.

Without Compunction, The Paris Review

describing my utter defeat at the O. Henry World Pun-Off Championship in Austin, Texas.

For a longer list of my published work, see the Writing page on this site. I also encourage you to take a look at the Photography page -- several of the photos there are slated to run alongside a forthcoming article I'm writing for Outside Magazine.

Many thanks for your attention,

Ted