Outside In Literary & Travel Magazine

Dear Readers, “Traveling is a brutality.” Given that Outside In focuses on travel and journeys, ostensibly regarding them as pleasurable, this quote from Italian poet and novelist Cesare Pavese, might seem like an odd choice for the opening remarks of Issue Thirteen. And yet, I believe there is truth to this statement, especially as Pavese continues: “It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. […]

Categories: Travel & Literature

Dearest Readers, In honor of National Poetry Month, Joseph Epstein had this to say in this month’s The Wall Street Journal about old versus new poetry: “But nearly all the poetry written since the years those poets wrote doesn’t register, resonate, ring, do any of the elevating things that poetry is supposed to, and once indeed did, do.” He continues with a declaration that “otherwise the poetry game is over, kaput, fini, time, gentlemen, time.” Well, everyone is entitled to […]

Categories: Travel & Literature

“One, two, buckle my shoe. Three, four, shut the door. Five, six, pick up sticks. Seven, eight, lay them straight . Nine, ten, a big fat hen!” -Excerpt from a Popular English-language Nursery Rhyme Welcome, travel pups. As a result of having made some major changes to the magazine, Issue Ten has been on my mind a lot this month. Several nights in a row recently, head nested firmly in my pillow, I  replayed “Issue Ten, a big fat hen” […]

Categories: Travel & Literature

Ola, travel pups! The contents of Issue Nine have us all sorts of excited for a myriad of reasons, but most of all it’s because we have secret mob stories from a reliable source who wishes to use a pseudonym for the time being. I mean, that’s cool, right? We’re also thrilled to share Vicki Valosik’s essay about what could happen if you invite an international student home for Thanksgiving, because it really encompasses the exact urge we hope we’re […]

Categories: Travel & Literature