I heard part of an NPR / Fresh Air interview with writer Ayad Akhtar so I borrowed the book from the library and read it.
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“A powerful, rollicking adventure that takes us across America and deep into one person’s life-and-death experience.”
Carl Zimmer, one of America’s foremost science writers
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Outpedaling ‘The Big C’: My Healing Cycle Across America
Outpedaling "The Big C": My Healing Cycle across America Elizabeth McGowan Bancroft Press (Sep 6, 2020) Hardcover $28.95 (268pp) 978-1-61088-514-0
I just finished reading “Red Dust – A Path Through China” by Ma Jain. It is a remarkable book that asks more questions than it answers.
Started this yesterday and couldn’t figure out how to say it clearly. Let me try again…
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It seems as if nearly all social media has turned into a referendum and compendium of ways to think about Racism in America. This is good. This is necessary. Keep reading and keep sharing.
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As you may have noticed, I didn’t post anything yesterday. I had a nice day with an early morning walk (before the hard rain aka snow), talking on the phone with my kids, and reading.
I read Willa Cather’s “Death Comes for the Archbishop” when I was in high school. I heard it was an important book which made me curious (still does), so I borrowed it from the library and read the whole thing.
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century - by Jessica Bruder
I read a remarkable book that I think some of you might like to read, also.
It’s “No Great Mischief” by Alistair MacLeod (1936-2014) and it is considered one of the Canada’s finest novels.
I watched an 18-minute video about Americans and their clutter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AhSNsBs2Y0
(I read about it in the letters section of The Non-Conformist Advocate. http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/ )