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The Poetry of Strangers
The Poetry of Strangers: What I Learned Traveling America with a Typewriter | Brian Sonia-Wallace
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From award-winning writer and poet Brian Sonia-Wallace comes this heartrending collection of literary essays that explore America's crumbling institutions and ultimately reveal the humanity that emerges at the margins. In this collection of thematically and geographically linked essays, Brian Sonia-Wallace--a keen observer of the human condition and a poetry evangelist--travels across the US armed with only a typewriter to write poetry for strangers as he attempts to celebrate, eulogize, and potentially restore some of the most ubiquitous staples of Americana: the transcontinental railroad, the shopping mall, and music festivals, to name just a few. On his remarkable journey, Brian connects with fascinating American characters--those not typically covered by the mainstream media, but who instead connect with the readers of J.D. Vance, Robert Moor, and Rick Bragg. By capturing and linking these individuals and their stories through the poems Brian writes for them, Dust Bowl Nation speaks to our times and to an increasingly larger part of our populace who yearns to understand our changing cultural landscape. Thought-provoking, moving, and eye-opening, Dust Bowl Nation is an unforgettable, masterful work--by one of our most important voices today--that gives readers a compelling, unvarnished view of America...one that is rarely seen.
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#two4tuesdsy

1. Surprisingly, the one book I read strictly based on the cover (tagged) ended up being my fave.

2. I needed a book to match January‘s postcard for the postcard reading challenge. The cover of the book has to match something on the postcard. The postcard had a typewriter in it (along with other things), so I just searched for covers with a typewriter. And voilà!

Thanks for the tag @Eggs

Eggs You‘re most welcome 🙏🏻 2y
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wanderinglynn
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I picked up this book simply because it had a typewriter on its cover for the postcard reading challenge. I did not know what it was about when I started it. I started it and couldn't put it down and finished it in one sitting. I found the essays thought provoking.

DivineDiana Questions. 1) You have a typewriter?!? 2) Postcard Reading Challenge? 🧐 2y
wanderinglynn @DivineDiana it is the Lego typewriter (so it doesn‘t really type but does look cool). Although I do want to get a real typewriter. The postcard reading challenge - I explain it here: http://wanderinglynn.com/2022/12/30/2023-reading-goals/ 2y
Leftcoastzen I have 3 manual type writers ,love the Lego one! 2y
wanderinglynn @Leftcoastzen 💜 I really, really want to get an old 1960s era typewriter. 2y
bnp This sounds fascinating! And the postcard challenge sounds fun. I think I'll join in. 2y
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