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On Walking On looks outward ontöor rather, walks through¿the work of various writers for whom walking was or is an important element of daily life. The number of writers who were or are serious walkers is striking, and the connection goes back to antiquity, more recently including Woolf, Nerval, Sand, Debord, Sebald, and many others.
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COLE SWENSEN is the author of fifteen books of poetry, including Landscapes on a Train, and a book of essays, Noise That Stays Noise. Also a translator, she’s the founding editor of La Presse, dedicated to contemporary French work in translation. She is professor of Literary Arts at Brown University.
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On Walking On looks outward onto—or rather, walks through—the work of various writers for whom walking was or is an important element of daily life. The number of writers who were or are serious walkers is striking, and the connection goes back to antiquity, more recently including Woolf, Nerval, Sand, Debord, Sebald, and many others.
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“Utilizing both research and praxis, Swenson draws on the rich history of writing about walking in this sonorous and attentive collection. . . . These poems get into the body, tuning the reader’s attention to Swenson’s long, steadily percussive lines.”—Publishers Weekly
