“The grand Guignol exaggeration provides an excellent comic read, as we fail to take completely seriously his worrywart ...

far away, blind to the actuality of being.

“Nevertheless, I am often struck by how many great thinkers have also been great walkers.” Ambulator nascitur, non fit. As far as Thoreau was concerned, walkers were born not made. “It requires a ...

Erin Brown is an MFA student at Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles.