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Ways of Walking

1/11/2022

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At long last, we can announce our next book, coming out in May 2022: WAYS OF WALKING, a collection of essays edited by Ann de Forest.

Is walking a subversive act? For the authors of this book, it can be.

Ways of Walking brings together 26 writers who reflect on walks they have taken and what they have discovered along the way. Some walk across forbidden lines, violating laws to seek freedom. Some walk to bear witness to social injustice. Still others engage in a subtler subversion—violating the social norm of rapid, powered transportation to notice what fast travelers miss.

Through walking, these authors become more attuned to the places they move across, more attentive to intricate ecologies and layered histories—and more connected to themselves as well. Their small steps of rebellion lead to unexpected discoveries.

The volume includes writers of national renown such as Tom Zoellner, Ruth Knafo Setton, and Rahul Mehta, as well as contributors in other fields, from photography to music to archaeology.

The editor, Ann de Forest, is a California native who has been living and writing in fairly happy exile in Philadelphia for more than three decades. An expert in the urban landscape and the resonance of place, she is a contributing writer for HIDDEN CITY DAILY and editor of EXTANT MAGAZINE. Her poems, short stories, and essays have appeared in COAL HILL REVIEW, NOCTUA REVIEW, UNBROKEN, HOTEL AMERIKA, THE JOURNAL, PIF, CLEAVER MAGAZINE, and THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF PHILADELPHIA.

Contributors:
​Yasser Allaham
Liana Brent
Nancy Brokaw
Justin Coffin
Ann de Forest
Dwight Sterling Dunston
Victoria Reynolds Farmer
Mark Geanuleas
Jay Heinrichs
Kathryn Hellerstein
Mickey Herr
Hannah Judd
JeeYeun Lee
​Adrienne Mackey
Rahul Mehta
Christine Nelson
Lena Popkin
Nathaniel Popkin
Paula Read
Kabria Rogers
David Hallock Sanders
Ruth Knafo Setton
JJ Tiziou
Sharon White
Kalela Williams
Tom Zoellner
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