An English engineer with a midlife crisis drives 6,500 miles through the American heartland—and sticks it out as the only old guy at the hostel.
A would-be Kingslayer on finding a safe space in a crowded city for one extremely competitive and quirky new pastime.
A small-town Serbian boy on dreaming big and living large…and eavesdropping on loud-talking New Yorkers.
An architecture student from Shanghai on why the buildings of New York have thoughts and feelings—and how that can be truly terrifying.
A blissed-out divorcee on the joys of “Conscious Uncoupling,” learning to be selfish, and mother-daughter bonding on the NYC subway.
A determined thru hiker on dodging bears and battling Lyme disease—and trekking across NYC.
A big-talking Spanish señora on the kindness of strangers, what it’s like to be the loudest snorer in a roomful of men, and how a fly-by bird-bombing made her day.
A safari-guide-turned-world-traveler on brushes with beasts, and how the real New York compares to the Big Apple of the movies.
An Aussie post-grad on circling the globe, getting lost in New York, and the unexpected comfort of walking shoulder-to-shoulder with thousands of strangers.
We humans are far more complex than the news headlines and clickbait would have you believe. Let the Narratively newsletter be your guide.
