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The world is never done catching up with Henry David Thoreau (1817鈥�1862), the author of Walden, 鈥淐ivil Disobedience,鈥� 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鈥檚 leading writers offer wide-ranging original pieces exploring how Thoreau has influenced and inspired them鈥攁nd 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鈥檚 Concord to her native Pakistan; Mona Simpson follows in Thoreau鈥檚 footsteps at Maine鈥檚 Mount Katahdin; Jennifer Finney Boylan reads Thoreau in relation to her experience of coming out as a trans woman; Adam Gopnik traces Thoreau鈥檚 influence on the New Yorker editor E. B. White and his book Charlotte鈥檚 Web; and there鈥檚 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.

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