Articles by Emily Guerin

personal 04.23.10 The Northeast Corridor By Rail

Emily Guerin travels down the East Coast and peers into unsuspecting backyards.

travel 04.07.10 Seeing and Being Seen: Winter in Chile

Emily Guerin struggles with the cold and isolation in Puerto Varas.

travel 01.13.10 Seeing and Being Seen: Hay Pan

Emily Guerin confronts Chile’s obsession with bread, and watches it get ugly when there’s a bread shortage on Christmas Day.

travel 12.09.09 Seeing and Being Seen: Belonging, An Anthropological Study

To experience the “real” Chile, Emily Guerin checks out dating scene.

travel 11.09.09 Seeing and Being Seen: In Chile, No Plan-B

Because the Chilean government restricts access to birth control, unexpected pregnancies are common among young women. In the first installment of her new travel series, Emily Guerin sneaks packets of the morning-after pill through the airport with the intent of distributing them in Chile.

travel 10.14.09 Seeing and Being Seen

While researching her thesis in rural Chile, Emily Guerin learns that her interactions and relationships with people abroad have deeper consequences than expected.

The Bygone Bureau

A Journal of Modern Thought

  • About
  • Archives
  • Authors
  • Submit
  • Subscribe
  • Via RSS
  • Via Twitter
  • Via Email
  • Arts
  • Travel
  • Humor
  • Personal
  • Opinion

Current Series

  • TumorousJuliet Disparte on having breast cancer.
  • The ValleyJeff Merrion explores the bizarre San Luis Valley.
  • The Long RunLindsay Crouse trains for her seventh marathon.
  • Welcome Back BoodyKatie Boody teaches seventh grade in Kansas City’s poorest neighborhood.

Blogs

  • Editor vs. EditorNick Martens & Kevin Nguyen debate various topics via Tumblr.

Search

Contact

letters@bygonebureau.com

Best Of

  • The Affair to Remember

    According to Oscar Wilde, “Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.” Kevin Nguyen wonders if this applies to digital memories.

  • Nowhere Slow: Get a Wife

    On the island of Pohnpei in Micronesia, Jonathan Gourlay prepares for his daughter’s kindergarten graduation — or at least tries to.

  • For Better or For Worse

    Is there any omen more distressing than getting married on the same day as a character from the comic strip For Better or For Worse? Josh Fischel thinks not.

—More—

Masthead

The Bygone Bureau is an online magazine that publishes articles on culture and travel three times a week.

Editors

Nick Martens & Kevin Nguyen

Assistant Editor

Darryl Campbell

Art Director

Hallie Bateman

Writers

Whitney Carpenter, Jonathan Gourlay, Jeff Merrion & Alice Stanley

Founding Writers

Jordan Barber, Caitlin Boersma & Locke McKenzie

Site Design

Sleepover, San Francisco