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Following the Paths of the Wild-Walking Women of the Past, from Nan Shepherd...
Georgia O’Keeffe once described the vast plains of Texas as “the only place that I ever felt I really belonged… that was my country—terrible winds and a wonderful emptiness.” The many letters in which...
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How to write like Cheryl Strayed.
On this day in 1968, Wild author Cheryl Strayed was born in Spangler, Pennsylvania. At this point, the former Dear Sugar columnist needs no introduction. However, like many authors, Strayed’s success...
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On the Very Human Importance of Walking: A Reading List
When I need to write, I always walk first. It seems to me that the two are inextricably linked: the pounding of feet on solid ground coaxes reluctant words out of me. It’s not that my brain becomes...
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On Grit: How Cheryl Strayed Learned to Ride Into Battle
You could say that Cheryl Strayed is very adaptable. Her memoir, Wild, was adapted into a movie starring Reese Witherspoon. Another book, Tiny Beautiful Things, was adapted for the stage by Nia...
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Cheryl Strayed releases a cut scene from Wild in honor of the memoir’s 10th...
It’s been ten years since the release of Wild, Cheryl Strayed’s bracingly honest memoir about hiking the Pacific Crest Trail as a young adult after her mother’s death with no experience or training—and...
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The Tiny Beautiful Things trailer is here so let’s hop into the mess.
Dear Sugar fans, it’s here: the Tiny Beautiful Things trailer, starring Kathryn Hahn as Clare (the Cheryl Strayed stand-in), with appearances in flashback by Merritt Wever as her mother and Maggie...
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Tiny Beautiful Things Does Exactly What We Need It to Do
It’s been a minute since Cheryl Strayed took hold of our heartstrings and pulled, but Tiny Beautiful Things (Hulu, April 7) is here to do just that. This miniseries adaptation would have been...
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Revisiting Some Tiny Beautiful Things with Cheryl Strayed
In this episode of Just the Right Book, Roxanne Coady revisits her interview with Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild and Tiny Beautiful Things, whose popular advice column Dear Sugar inspired the podcast...
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A Reading List of Realistic Portraits of Mothers and Daughters in Literature
When reading about mothers and daughters, we might feel grateful we didn’t have to endure such conflict and trauma. We might long for what we, ourselves, never had. But then again, we might feel seen....
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How Reading Grief Memoirs Helped Cody Delistraty Understand His Loss in New Ways
I read dozens of memoirs about tragedy, loss, and grief in the wake of my mother’s death. I didn’t know how to talk about what I was feeling, exactly, and I didn’t know how to embrace the negative...
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