Lights Out, New York |
A personal glimpse of New York City before and after 9/11 and during the blackout of August 2003: told through experiences on the streets above (sidewalks) and the streets below (subways). First Prize, 2007 Robert A. Boit Essay Prize |
| Profile of a Salesman | A profile of Jack Shonkoff, Professor of Child Health and Development at Harvard School of Public Health. Second Prize, 2007 DeWitt Wallace Prize for Science Writing for the Public |
| Ad(ventures): Essays on Travel | A longer manuscript consisting of a compilation of my travel essays: Rhythm of the Jungle (about living with two musician brothers in a treehouse in Palenque, Mexico) First Prize, 2005 Robert A. Boit Manuscript Prize |
Spotlight on London (written for hotels.vc)
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What to do when you're in this vibrant UK capital. |
Top Ten: Adventures around the World (written for hotels.vc) |
Ten must-do events around the world: volcano boarding, shark cage diving, swimming with elephants and more! |
| Collateral Damage | Relates my reaction to the election and questions American's moral responsibility in the deaths of 100,000 Iraqi civilians. The number of dead Iraqis competes with the number of innocent men, women and children who have been killed in Sudan in a crisis that the United States has openly condemned as genocide. I argue that disagreeing with our govern9ment's actions does not absolve us from guilt. |
| In the Shade of the Killing Field Trees | Describes my journeys through Cambodia and Vietnam, and my outrage at not being taught about the Cambodian genocide in high school. Through a comparison of the physical landscapes in both Cambodia and Vietnam (both have deep pits, the former full of human bones and the latter created by American bombs), I reflect upon American’s lack of knowledge of both countries’ painful recent histories. View (HTML) or Download (.doc) First Prize, 2004 Robert A. Boit Essay Prize Second Prize, 2007 Austin Kelly III Essay Prize |
| Eight Thousand Skulls | A modified version of In the Shade of Killing Field Trees published in Glimpse Online. |
| Arabic Numerals | Forces the reader to examine racial bias directed against the American Muslim population. The essay recounts my experiences in Egypt and the incidents leading to my development of a deep friendship with a Bedouin family. Interspersed within the story are three newspaper articles published in the years following September 11th that chronicle the violent anti-Islamic attacks and the general widespread anti-Muslim prejudice. The sharp contrast between the newspaper articles and my firsthand experiences of Islamic hospitality and kindness implore the reader to question the role of the American media in shaping our thoughts and biases. Download - (.doc file) |
Elephant Photograph + Text |
Photograph + text of me getting stuck on an elephant's face. Appeared in the October 2004 issue of Budget Travel. |
* References for all articles available on request.
** Some of my work is not published online. If you'd like to read or publish it, please contact me: anna (at) annawexler.com