{"product_id":"now-comes-good-sailing-writers-reflect-on-henry-david-thoreau-paperback","title":"Now Comes Good Sailing: Writers Reflect on Henry David Thoreau - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Blauner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom twenty-seven of today's leading writers, an anthology of original pieces on the author of \u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures essays by Jennifer Finney Boylan - Kristen Case - George Howe Colt - Gerald Early - Paul Elie - Will Eno - Adam Gopnik - Lauren Groff - Celeste Headlee - Pico Iyer - Alan Lightman - James Marcus - Megan Marshall - Michelle Nijhuis - Zoë Pollak - Jordan Salama - Tatiana Schlossberg - A. O. Scott - Mona Simpson - Stacey Vanek Smith - Wen Stephenson - Robert Sullivan - Amor Towles - Sherry Turkle - Geoff Wisner - Rafia Zakaria - and a cartoon by Sandra Boynton\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe world is never done catching up with Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), the author of \u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e, \"Civil Disobedience,\" and other classics. A prophet of environmentalism and vegetarianism, an abolitionist, and a critic of materialism and technology, Thoreau even seems to have anticipated a world of social distancing in his famous experiment at Walden Pond. In \u003ci\u003eNow Comes Good Sailing\u003c\/i\u003e, twenty-seven of today's leading writers offer wide-ranging original pieces exploring how Thoreau has influenced and inspired them--and why he matters more than ever in an age of climate, racial, and technological reckoning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere, Lauren Groff retreats from the COVID-19 pandemic to a rural house and writing hut, where, unable to write, she rereads \u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e; Pico Iyer describes how Thoreau provided him with an unlikely guidebook to Japan; Gerald Early examines \u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e and the Black quest for nature; Rafia Zakaria reflects on solitude, from Thoreau's Concord to her native Pakistan; Mona Simpson follows in Thoreau's footsteps at Maine's Mount Katahdin; Jennifer Finney Boylan reads Thoreau in relation to her experience of coming out as a trans woman; Adam Gopnik traces Thoreau's influence on the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eeditor E. B. White and his book \u003ci\u003eCharlotte's Web\u003c\/i\u003e; and there's much more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result is a lively and compelling collection that richly demonstrates the countless ways Thoreau continues to move, challenge, and provoke readers today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Blauner\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary agent and the editor of seven previous anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eCoach: 25 Writers Reflect on People Who Made a Difference\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Peanuts Papers: Writers and Cartoonists on Charlie Brown, Snoopy \u0026amp; the Gang, and the Meaning of Life\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e In Their Lives: Great Writers on Great Beatles Songs\u003c\/i\u003e. Facebook.com\/ThoreauAnthology\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52617576251674,"sku":"9780691247953","price":20.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/5604\/6618\/files\/uCTn-fo3-99780691247953.webp?v=1785481420","url":"https:\/\/j-s-five-and-dime.myshopify.com\/products\/now-comes-good-sailing-writers-reflect-on-henry-david-thoreau-paperback","provider":"J \u0026 S Five and Dime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}