https://shoutout.wix.com/so/a6MmiLbpJ excerpt from most recent newsletter. WITS-Women in Travel Summit is heading to Riga, Latvia from November 8-10 for their first ever Europe Summit. For more info visit: https://witsummit.com/europe
It was an honor. privilege and delight to have been invited to give a lecture on travel journalism at the annual Vona conference (Voices of our Nation Arts Foundation), held this year in Berkeley, Ca. The title of my walk was Shapeshifting: The Journey from Traveler to Travel Journalist. Below are two thank you letters …
Elaine Presents Travel Journalism Workshop at Vona Writers’ Annual Conference Read More »
Travel journalist, Monica Williams, recently published an article entitled “I Thought Travel Writing Wasn’t Meant For Me”. She chronicles her journey from traveler to travel journalist. In her article she shares her appreciation for my travel writing and how it served as one of the catalysts that propelled her into a career as a writer. …
Monica Williams features the work of Elaine Lee in recent article. Read More »
On March 17th, 2018, with the able assistance of travel maven, Robin Bates, I presented a workshop entitled “Globetrotting 101: Smart ways to navigate mother earth,” at the 33rd Annual Empowering Womxn of Color Conference at the University of California in Berkeley. The theme of the conference this year was “FREE SPACE, OUR SPACE: Actualizing …
Globetrotting workshop given by Elaine Lee at Women’s Conference Read More »
It was a distinct honor to be invited by the California Black Expo Association to be one of their featured speakers at their “Women’s History Celebration Mixer” on March 22, 2018. The organizers asked me create a speech about my entrepreneurial lifestyle. My speech was entitled, “The No-Paycheck Life,” and of course it included how …
Elaine gives talk about entrepreneurship at California Black Expo Event. Read More »
Bookmarked is a series of interviews with women and nonbinary writers of color about their novels and memoirs of navigating lands, languages, and themselves—and most of all—about taking up space everywhere we go. http://www.onshegoes.com/stories/bookmarked-elaine-lee/ What’s possible in literature, and therefore in our world, has been determined by dominant cultures since the onset of colonization and chattel …
Bani Amor interviews Elaine Lee about her pioneering travel writing legacy. Read More »
Paris France, continues to be one my favorite places on the planet. I hope you get a chance to visit there. At the age of 38, I visited Paris for the first time. A die-hard political/community activist and a committed workaholic, I was snobbish about the idea of devoting time to non-productive activity such as …
Could you give me some information about traveling in Paris, France? Read More »
Best wishes on planning a trip to Costa Rica—below you will find the itinerary that was recommended by my friend/colleague, Chris Baker, who happens to an authority on the subject. He has written numerous books about traveling in Costa Rica for Moon Publications and National Geographic as well as served as a tour guide for …
Griots Republic has recently published a colossal 300 page coffee table book (15″ x 12″) entitled, #Black Travel: The Anthology that includes a foreword by India.arie. The Anthology is an inclusive collection of travel photos and information on the hottest Black Travel Groups and Bloggers in the travelsphere. The breadth of editorials and essays run the gamut …
Griots Republic showcases Elaine Lee in their new travel anthology Read More »
GriotsRepublic.com, a popular black travel website, featured one of my stories in its recent Mother’s Day special edition. It showcases my favorite books about mothers. The url is: http://www.griotsrepublic.com/mama-travel-writer-elaine-lees-mothers-day-recomendations/ I would appreciate it if you would check it out and leave a comment. ALL ABOUT MAMA: TRAVEL WRITER ELAINE LEE’S MOTHER’S DAY RECOMMENDATIONS As a writer, of course I …
