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Meet One of Roger Federer’s Biggest Fans from India

ATP Tour

Florida Man Insists His State Isn’t Dumbest in Nation

The Wall Street Journal

Mad Travelers: A Tale of Wanderlust, Greed & the Quest to Reach the Ends of the Earth

Now Available for Pre-Order, Published June 29, 2021

When Your Favorite Companies Go Woke

The Wall Street Journal

36 Hours in Basel, Switzerland

The New York Times

Nobody Likes Tourists—Until They Stay Away

The Wall Street Journal

Politicians Serve Orwellian Tennis Rules

The Wall Street Journal

LINK TO DAVE’S BOOK, BREAKFAST WITH POLYGAMISTS

Breakfast with Polygamists: Dispatches from the Margins of The Americas

Davis Cup Controversy Proves Not All Records Age Gracefully

The New York Times

What’s It Like to Fly on Spirit Airlines During Covid-19 Pandemic?

Perceptive Travel

Vinko Bogataj and the Agony of Defeat (40 years later!)

Real Clear Sports

A Car Break In, A ‘Terrible Mistake’ And Federer’s First Title

ATP Tour

NEW EDITION OF INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

Bed, Breakfast & Drunken Threats: Dispatches from the Margins of Europe

After Oregon Standoff, Birding is Back

The New York Times

Few Know How to Enter; Fewer Finish

The New York Times

Trespassing at Ernest Hemingway’s House

Literary Hub

The Last Hike of David Gimelfarb

Chicago Magazine

The Day They Belabored the Point

The New York Times

Finding a Warm Welcome in the Elqui Valley

The New York Times

This Indonesian Island Is a Respite From Bali. At Least for Now.

The New York Times

Putting a Zero on Federer is a Rare Achievement

The New York Times

Inside Spain’s Secret Food Societies

BBC Travel

Behind the Scenes of the Hatfield McCoy Feud

The Washington Post

Caskets are Final Show of Baseball Loyalty

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

12 Days, 3,000 Miles. Sleep Optional

The New York Times

Bio

Dave Seminara is a journalist and former diplomat based in Bend, Oregon.  He has written on topics as varied as a 643-shot tennis rally, a missing person case in Costa Rica, competitive eating, the standoff at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, team logo coffins, and traveling in the footsteps of Kurt Cobain. A story he wrote for The New York Times about the truly insane Barkley Marathons was recognized  as one of the notable stories of the year in the 2014 edition of The Best American Sports Writing. And this even wilder story about goose pulling in Europe was recognized as a notable story of the year in the 2015 edition of The Best American Travel Writing.