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Frank Bures | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 3, 1971 |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Narrative nonfiction, essays |
| Subject | Culture, travel, language, science, outdoors |
| Website | |
| https://frankbures.com/ | |
Frank Bures is an American writer and essayist. He is the author of Pushing the River: An Epic Battle, a Lost History, a Near Death, and Other True Canoeing Stories (2025), The Geography of Madness: Penis Thieves, Voodoo Death and the Search for the Meaning of the World's Strangest Syndromes (2016), and the editor of Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology (2019). He was a columnist for Rotary Magazine, a contributing editor for Poets & Writers Magazine and World Hum, and the literary editor for Thirty Two Magazine. He produces audio history tours for VoiceMap, and his work has been selected for the Best American Travel Writing,[1] the Lowell Thomas Award[2] and other awards.[3]
Personal Life
[edit]Bures grew up in Winona, Minnesota,[4] attended St. Olaf College,[5] and has lived in Tanzania, Italy, New Zealand, Thailand, Oregon[6] and Wisconsin.[7] He lives in Minneapolis with his wife and two daughters.[8]
Works
[edit]Books
[edit]Pushing the River: An Epic Battle, a Lost History, a Near Death, and Other True Canoeing Stories (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2025)
The Shape of the World: Essays on Travel, Culture, and Belief from Rotary Magazine (KDP, 2022)
Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology (Belt Publishing, 2019)[9][10]
The Geography of Madness: Penis Thieves, Voodoo Death, and the Search for the Meaning of the World's Strangest Syndromes (Melville House, 2016)[11][12][13][14]
Stories and Essays
[edit]The Unlikely Hero Who Recovered More Than 200 Stolen Bikes in One American City, Bicycling Magazine, (2024)
The Rough Fish Revolution, biographic Magazine (2024)
If a Weapon Didn’t Cause Havana Syndrome, What Did?, Slate (2022)
The Epic Battle to Break the Mississippi River Canoe Record, Outside Magazine (2021)
Inside psychogenic death, the phenomenon of "thinking" yourself to death, Salon (2021)
What My Kids Learned When They Weren’t in School, The Atlantic (2020)
How a Midwestern Survival Camp Is Uniting the Outdoors, Outside Magazine (2019)
Winona LaDuke’s Last Battle, Belt Magazine (2018)
Origin Unknown: Anatoly Liberman’s quest for the history of lost words, Lapham's Quarterly (2016)
Dispatches from the ruins, Aeon (2016)
Runner, Interrupted, Runner's World (2014)
The Fall of the Creative Class, Thirty Two Magazine/Belt Magazine (2012)
The Reunion: After teaching there nearly 15 years, ago, a man learns new lessons about change. The Washington Post Magazine (2012)
Five Hundred and One Pounds, Bicycling Magazine (2010)
A mind dismembered: In search of the magical penis thieves, Harper's Magazine (2008)
Things Come Together: A Journey through Literary Lagos, Virginia Quarterly Review (2007)
Test Day, World Hum (2003)
In Search of the Last American Man: A Profile of Elizabeth Gilbert, Poets & Writers (2002)
Choke Hold On the Zeitgeist: A Profile of Chuck Palahniuk, Poets & Writers (2001)
From Civil War to the Drug War, Mother Jones (2001)
Audio
[edit]VoiceMap audio tours by Frank Bures
References
[edit]- ^ The Best American Travel Writing 2009 (The Best American Series ®): Winchester, Simon, Wilson, Jason: 0046442858663: Amazon.com: Books. ISBN 0618858660.
- ^ "Archives: 2013 Lowell Thomas Competition – SATW FOUNDATION". Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ^ "Awards". Frank Bures. 2008-05-28. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ^ "Bures' book explores culture, medicine". Winona Post. 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ^ Martinez, Sam. "Writer's talk hits close to home". The Spectator. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ^ Ev Hu, The Oregonian (2009-08-22). "Some advice for aspiring travel writers: Read". oregonlive. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ^ Ginsberg, Maggie (2016-05-19). "On the trail of penis thieves". Isthmus | Madison, Wisconsin. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ^ "Bures, Frank - Minnesota Writers Directory". Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ^ "'Under Purple Skies' highlights great breadth of Minnesota writing". MPR News. 2019-07-23. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ^ CUTTER, WESTON (2019-05-03). "Review: 'Under Purple Skies,' edited by Frank Bures". www.startribune.com. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ^ Beck, Julie (2016-04-22). "The Diseases You Only Get if You Believe in Them". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ^ Kelly (2016-11-16). "The Fluidity of the Human Brain: an interview with Frank Bures". Rain Taxi. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ^ "Penis thieves? Voodoo death? In his new book, Frank Bures suggests such maladies aren't all in our heads". The Globe and Mail. 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ^ Alexander, Scott. "Book Review: The Geography Of Madness". www.astralcodexten.com. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
External Links
[edit]"The Diseases You Only Get if You Believe in Them" Interview with The Atlantic.
"The Fluidity of the Human Brain: an interview with Frank Bures" Rain Taxi
"On penis theft, creepy clowns, anxiety, and how culture tells us what is real" Deviate interview with Rolf Potts.
"‘Under Purple Skies’ highlights great breadth of Minnesota writing," Interview with Minnesota Public Radio