Talking travel and literature at Eight Diagrams

A few weeks ago, Wayne Yang of Eight Diagrams interviewed me about my history as a traveler and writer. We managed to cover lots of new ground in the interview, including:

• How the travel experience was different during my first vagabonding journey in 1994.

• Why I went to Korea to teach English at age 26.

• How I didn't read much travel writing until I become a travel writer.

• Why the Bible is among my literary-philosophical influences.

• How the Internet has exponentially enhanced my writing career.

• Why places that are saddled with reductive stereotypes (like Kansas or the Middle East) are great places to visit.

• How I got into the full-time freelance travel writing business without a single elite-college credential or publishing-insider connection.

• Why my home-base is in Kansas, even as I travel to the more exotic corners of the world.

...and much, much more. Yang's full Rolf interview is online here.