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Best of The Statesider, Vol. 1
The Statesider, Issue 12: The top stories from our first six months, plus our summer book list.
Hey Baby, It’s the Fourth of July
The Statesider, Issue 11: A parade of Americana abroad, from German cowboy cosplay to Japan’s Jackson Hole – plus mac and cheese in American Samoa & homesick Americans.
Gibberglish
Seattle writer Marika Malaea recalls her first trip to American Samoa to meet her birth family, a trip filled with big expectations about what awaits her. Reality, as always, has its own plans.
A River Runs Through It
The Statesider, Issue 10: American river adventures, 100 years of A&W Root Beer, celebrating Juneteenth, disaster tourists in Paradise & Nebraska’s lost zoo.
Zoo Nebraska: An Interview with Carson Vaughan
An interview with author Carson Vaughan about his new book, Zoo Nebraska, the story of a small town that never lived up to its big ambitions.
Pride and Prejudice and Pancakes
The Statesider, Issue 9: The many sides of LGBT+ travel in America, what to do when an attraction omits its ugly past, Dollywood’s butterflies & Tony Horwitz remembered.