After reading about the strange phenomenon of magical penis theft, writer Frank Bures couldn’t shake the idea. He obsessed about it for four years, and then, in 2005, hopped a plane to Nigeria to track down victims of the uniquely cultural epidemic, doggedly pursuing a 10-year-long odyssey through the markets, museums and mental hospitals of Thailand, Borneo, Singapore, Hong Kong and China.
The Geography of Madness
Former Madison writer Frank Bures publishes globe-trotting book
Isthmus, May 19, 2016
Frank Bures is the reason I discovered freelance writing in the first place, so I was thrilled to learn he’d published his first book and that he’d be revisiting Madison to read from it. I wrote this piece for Isthmus ahead of his appearance.
—Maggie Ginsberg is an award-winning freelance writer in Madison, Wisconsin