Rebecca Solnit

The present is charged with a sense of urgency. The speed with which we are embroiled in everyday happenings, feelings of vulnerability as rights are taken from us, the presence of violence, and the climate crisis are driving us to a state of despair where it seems that any action is doomed to failure. Confronting this paralysis, Rebecca Solnit suggests that we should return to long-term views and reclaim slowness, patience, and resistance.

With this in mind, she recovers in her latest book—No Straight Road Takes You There: Essays for Uneven Terrain—stories where hope unexpectedly makes its way, where victories come in silence, where the past teaches us that, sometimes, the most imperceptible actions become seeds of resistance and change. We may not be able to anticipate the future, but our actions today open up unforeseen paths that can lead to a transformed world.

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