Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

@tswick.bsky.social

480 followers 220 following 58 posts

Travel writer and essayist, amateur photographer and cartoonist. Native of New Jersey, friend of Poland, defender of Florida, fan of the unsung.

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

tswick.bsky.social @tswick.bsky.social · 6d

tswick.bsky.social @tswick.bsky.social · 12d

At The Lynx bookstore in Gainesville.

tswick.bsky.social @tswick.bsky.social · 20d

A quick reminder that I’ll be speaking this Wednesday at 7 pm at the Kosciuszko Foundation in NYC.

tswick.bsky.social @tswick.bsky.social · Sep 10

I’m going to be speaking about my memoir “Falling into Place: A Story of Love, Poland, and the Making of a Travel Writer” at the Kosciuszko Foundation in NYC on Sept. 24 at 7 pm.

tswick.bsky.social @tswick.bsky.social · Sep 1

tswick.bsky.social @tswick.bsky.social · Aug 28

My celebration of The Great Railway Bazaar - published 50 years ago - is also an examination of travel writing over the last 75 years. theamericanscholar.org/the-great-am...

tswick.bsky.social @tswick.bsky.social · Aug 18

Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery in Montreal.

tswick.bsky.social @tswick.bsky.social · Aug 15

Here in Quebec, it looks as if Trump is meeting with French fries covered in gravy and cheese curds.

tswick.bsky.social @tswick.bsky.social · Aug 10

I’ve been adamant that AI will never replace travel writers, but then I read this sentence from the Tribune News Service in today’s Miami Herald: “I visited some churches and cathedrals, of which Portugal has many.”

tswick.bsky.social @tswick.bsky.social · Aug 7

Six years ago I wrote about the problem of overtourism - and suggested a solution: lithub.com/standing-roo...

tswick.bsky.social @tswick.bsky.social · Aug 4

1 1

tswick.bsky.social @tswick.bsky.social · Jul 28

One of the obits for Tom Lehrer, who died this weekend at age 97, described him as “popular and erudite,” making him perhaps the last person to be depicted with those two adjectives.

tswick.bsky.social @tswick.bsky.social · Jul 14

tswick.bsky.social @tswick.bsky.social · Jul 10

Seeking relief from the heat? My memoir will transport you to winter in northern Greece; Providence, Rhode Island; and - most chillingly - Warsaw, Poland.

tswick.bsky.social @tswick.bsky.social · Jun 30

1 3

tswick.bsky.social @tswick.bsky.social · Jun 19

Went to see the Panthers lift the Stanley Cup at the Elbo Room and on the drive home, listening to an oldies station, heard Connie Francis singing “Where the Boys Are.”

tswick.bsky.social @tswick.bsky.social · Jun 13

The Herald’s story on Broward dining focused on upscale restaurants, omitting the ethnic. In The American Scholar (Winter 2024) I wrote: “Miamians were famous for never crossing the county line, but foodies drove north for our Korean and Vietnamese restaurants.” theamericanscholar.org/florida-man/

1 2

tswick.bsky.social @tswick.bsky.social · Jun 9

Watching the French Open this weekend I thought it fitting that the windy women’s final ended on an unforced error while the five-and-a-half-hour men’s final ended with a winner.

tswick.bsky.social @tswick.bsky.social · May 8

Habemus papam. There is something beautifully subversive about putting on the world stage right now a compassionate, multilingual American.

tswick.bsky.social @tswick.bsky.social · May 5

tswick.bsky.social @tswick.bsky.social · Apr 25

Cleveland friends: I’ll be speaking tomorrow (Apr. 26) at Appletree Books on Cedar Road at 2 pm.

tswick.bsky.social @tswick.bsky.social · Apr 20

tswick.bsky.social @tswick.bsky.social · Apr 18

Buffalo friends: I’m coming to town for Dyngus Day and, two days later, a talk at the Julia Boyer Reinstein Library in Cheektowaga (April 23 at 7 pm).

tswick.bsky.social @tswick.bsky.social · Apr 14

tswick.bsky.social @tswick.bsky.social · Apr 11

I hope Rick Steves’ new special about Poland will spark interest in what he justifiably calls “perhaps Europe’s most underrated and surprising country.” But I would, wouldn’t I?