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"Thank you for writing such a beautiful book. Your writing is removed of all sentimentalism, and that is good because there isn't any other way to tell the truth."
A reader of Maya Roads
Northern California Book Award 2012 Best Creative Nonfiction
National Geographic Traveler Book of the Month
Chatelaine (Canada) Editor's pick
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Background
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I wrote Maya Roads after thirty years of traveling in the rainforest region of southern Mexico and northern Guatemala, not only as a journalist but also because I am deeply taken by all culture Maya, ancient and modern. I don't avoid the violence that has ripped that part of the world with revolution and civil war, describing what I have seen; but I travel too in order to find the sacred Maya sites, and to wonder at the ancient cities that speak even in ruins.
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Accomplishments
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National Geographic Traveler Book of the Month http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/traveler-magazine/trip-lit/maya-roads/
Chatelaine - Canada's largest women's magazine - Editor's Pick
Excellent reviews: Kirkus, Booklist, Publisher's Weekly
Chris Robinson Travel Show
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Additional Information
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Radio interviews: Peter Greenberg Worldwide; The Fairness Doctrine; Punto de Encuentro Revista Radial. Coming up: Radio Café with Charlotte Domandi (Santa Fe); KWMR, Point Reyes.
Online at the World Affairs Council: http://bit.ly/ogYK7q
Andy Ross Ask the Agent interview: http://bit.ly/axrF0
What's Up El Salvador? http://bit.ly/pMEbc1
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Maya Roads
Maya Roads: One Woman's Journey Among the People of the Rainforest
Appearance schedule, reviews, additional reading, contact
Mary Jo McConahay's GlobeWatch
My Blog!
Mary Jo McConahay
My personal website -- narrative journalism, documentary films
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