Frank Bures
American writer (born 1971)
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Frank Bures (born November 30, 1971) is an American writer and essayist.[1] He is the author of Pushing the River: An Epic Battle, a Lost History, a Near Death, and Other True Canoeing Stories,[2] The Geography of Madness: Penis Thieves, Voodoo Death and the Search for the Meaning of the World's Strangest Syndromes,[3][4][5] and the editor of Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology.[6][7] He produces audio history tours for VoiceMap,[8] and his work has been selected for the Best American Travel Writing,[9] the Lowell Thomas Award[10] and other awards.
Frank Bures | |
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| Born | November 3, 1971 |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Narrative nonfiction, essays |
| Subject | Culture, travel, language, science, outdoors |
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Personal life
Bures grew up in Winona, Minnesota,[11] graduated from St. Olaf College in 1995,[12][13] and has lived in Tanzania,[14] Italy,[15] Thailand[16] and other places. He lives in Minneapolis.[17]
Works
Books
- 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 (2022)
- Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology (Belt Publishing, 2019)
- The Geography of Madness: Penis Thieves, Voodoo Death, and the Search for the Meaning of the World's Strangest Syndromes (Melville House, 2016)