Now Comes Good Sailing

Writers Reflect on Henry David Thoreau

Now Comes Good Sailing
Andrew Blauner
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19 Oct 2021 US
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From twenty-seven of today' s leading writers, an anthology of original pieces on the author of Walden Features essays byJennifer Finney Boylan Kristen CaseGeorge Howe Colt Gerald EarlyPaul ElieWill EnoAdam GopnikLauren Groff Celeste Headlee Pico Iyer Alan Lightman James Marcus Megan Marshall Michelle Nijhuis Zoe 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 The world is never done catching up with Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), the author of Walden, "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 Now Comes Good Sailing, 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. Here, Lauren Groff retreats from the COVID-19 pandemic to a rural house and writing hut, where, unable to write, she rereads Walden; Pico Iyer describes how Thoreau provided him with an unlikely guidebook to Japan; Gerald Early examines Walden 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 New Yorker editor E. B. White and his book Charlotte' s Web; and there' s much more. The result is a lively and compelling collection that richly demonstrates the countless ways Thoreau continues to move, challenge, and provoke readers today.
"A remarkable anthology. . . . Blauner' s table of contents reads like a ' Who' s Who of Intelligent Modern Prose' . . . . This collection amplifies the wisdom of Thoreau for an age that is frequently hard of hearing. "---John Kaag, New York Times "Many of the 27 pieces gathered in Andrew Blauner' s anthology Now Comes Good Sailing, by such leading lights as Jennifer Finney Boylan, Adam Gopnik, Lauren Groff and Geoff Wisner, . . . emphasize Thoreau' s exuberant and often funny side, though none do this as memorably as George Howe Colt' s ' Thoreau on Ice' . . . . And what a wonder to read, in James Marcus' s ' Thoreau in Love,' how the erotically stunted Henry opened his heart to Emerson' s wife, Lidian, imagining how, together, they would ' splice the heavens. ' "---Christoph Irmscher, Wall Street Journal "[A] dynamic collection. . . The contributors address what about Thoreau' s life and writing inspired them, and what he has to say to readers today. . . The pieces make a convincing case that Thoreau' s work is ever-relevant and deserving of continued wide readership. . . Thoreau fans will be delighted. " * Publishers Weekly * "In graceful, often lyrical essays, the 26 contributors to Blauner' s thoughtful collection. . . consider Thoreau' s meaning in their lives. . . Candid, often insightful reflections testify to Thoreau' s enduring appeal. " * Kirkus *
Andrew Blauner is a literary agent and the editor of seven previous anthologies, including Coach: 25 Writers Reflect on People Who Made a Difference, The Peanuts Papers: Writers and Cartoonists on Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the Gang, and the Meaning of Life, and In Their Lives: Great Writers on Great Beatles Songs. Facebook. com/ThoreauAnthology
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ISBN-13: 9780691215228
Published: 19 Oct 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 368

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