What began as an attempt to jot down her study-abroad memories from Italy in journal form became, for Jackie Goyette, the start of a travel magazine.
Not just any travel magazine, though. The Long Trip Home is a literary magazine for travelers. It attempts to pass over the mundane guidebook-style travel writing and to get to the heart of what we think travel should be: a real journey. A discovery even. A sense of finding within these ruined stone walls a sense of history, of poetry. Perhaps even of home. And then writing it all down, bit for bit, and passing it on.
Somehow Jackie was able to find a fine group of experienced editors who shared this belief, and so The Long Trip Home began, the title an excerpt from a poem by the classic travel poet: Elizabeth Bishop. The site, initially launched back in December of 2001, consists of five categories— Landscapes/Cityscapes, Travel Journals, The Road Less Traveled, Fiction & Poetry, and a Spotlight category that changes quarterly. From these five categories we have found writers willing to share their personal stories of adventure, friendship, love even—all in the span of a traveler’s journey. The stories each remain much their own, the writers as different as wild mountain climbers to luxury travelers—but the thing that unites us (besides our love of travel) is that we are all writers, real writers, first.
So what I'm saying is, I wouldn't come here looking for the best hotel in Berlin—it might be nestled in one of our articles, but by no means does it have to be. Instead come bearing an open mind, a willingness to travel with a mouse and a keyboard. This site is a passport to places that you may have never heard of, back alleys you may never have thought to wander, perspectives you may have never explored. Finding yourself immersed in someone’s story, you might even forget that it is miles away from you. (And, honestly, we kind of hope you do.)
Don’t know enough yet? Take this tour. Explore the following pages to get a better sense of who we are, and make sure to check out our categories to read first hand what The Long Trip Home is about.
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