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The Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness

by Rebecca Solnit Author

Twenty-nine diverse and dazzling essays from a master of the form. Following Rebecca Solnit’s iconic process of inquiry comes this powerful collection of her essays—some already acclaimed, some little known or collected for the first time—weaving together her commentary on landscape, politics, music, environmentalism, history, social justice, and more. From punk rock to the Zapatistas, Elvis to the Arab Spring, Occupy to the arctic, Solnit navigates some of the most potent and provocative ideas of our time with lyrical flair and deep curiosity.