Novelist Walter Kirn on Travel

Kurt Andersen and novelist Walter Kirn talk about the artistic inspirations and outcomes of travel.

Kirn is the author of Up in the Air, a satire about a business traveler whose ambition is to earn his millionth frequent flyer mile. He is also the literary editor for GQ and a contributing editor to Time and Vanity Fair. He lives on a farm near Livingston, Montana.