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Author: Alden Jones

Alden Jones teaches at Emerson College and at the Bay State Correctional Facility in Massachusetts. Her fiction and nonfiction has appeared in magazines and anthologies including The Best American Travel Writing, Agni, The Iowa Review, and Prairie Schooner. She is at work on a collection of travel essays. She can be reached at aldenjones@mac.com.
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10/16/2007

The Answer Was No

Victor wanted to flee Cuba, but the only place he'd been was the battlefields of Angola.

by Alden Jones

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10/09/2007

What Happens in Burma…

Some say my visit to Burma last year wasn't the right thing to do. I disagree.

by Alden Jones

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08/06/2007

This Is Not a Cruise

Is responsible travel possible on Semester at Sea? Well…yes and no.

by Alden Jones

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