“Travel has the capacity to crack us wide open, and it’s the same with sorrow—so a confluence of the two can lead to really profound breakthroughs.” La... (opens in new tab)

“Travel has the capacity to crack us wide open, and it’s the same with sorrow—so a confluence of the two can lead to really profound breakthroughs.”Lavinia Spalding on grief, levity, and the travel stories she hopes to read more of in the future: class="ellipsis">longreads.com/2026/06/11/womens-travel-writing-lavinia-spalding/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social