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Reading William T. Vollmann: Riding Toward Everywhere

NYC's pulse may throb to the subway beat, but that's nothing compared to the old national tradition of riding the rails. Author William T. Vollmann's Riding Toward Everywhere is a romantic meditation on hobo living, told by an actual train-hopper. Detailing the logistics of boarding a moving train and how to evade security checkpoints, Vollmann recounts his Beat-era adventures with a deft literary touch, exploring America from the platforms of its all-but-forgotten locomotives.

– Regina Bresler

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