Joanna Pocock on writing about kindness and perspective on the American Road

Описание: America is a place that has compelled countless writers to travel its vast and varied landscapes.  Perhaps you’ve done it yourself. But what happens when you feel compelled to do it all again?



That’s the question at the heart of Joanna Pocock’s essay, Greyhound (Fitzcarraldo Editions). Named after the iconic bus company whose intercity network carries passengers from Detroit to Los Angeles — and which Joanna relies on for her own journey — Greyhound revisits familiar motels, crossings, and bus stations she first encountered years before.



Joanna’s writing has appeared in the LA Times, Guardian US and the Nation among others*. GREYHOUND is her second book, and her first, SURRENDER, won the Fitzcarraldo essay prize.



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*please note that I state an incorrect list of publications in the intro. Amended here!



Reference Points

1.40 - is Joanna a city or a country writer 

3.20 - where the journey starts

 6.15 - why are there not more women on the road?

 09.00 - starting in Canada.

 11.05 - Borders

 12.15 - the people Joanna meets

 16.05 - the sense of perspective.

 17.50 -  people Joanna sees

19.30 - Amarillo and fecal dust 

23.00 - rippling pages podcast

 24.05 - the cost of travel

 26.35  - the bus as a political space

 30.30 - the enduring appeal of the American road.



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Reference Points

Ansel Adams

Lewis Baltz

Simone de  Beauvoir - America Day by Day

Jack Kerouac - On the Road

Irma Kirtz - The Great American Bus Ride

Ethel Mannin - An America Journey

Benjamin Markovits - The Rest of Our Lives

William Least Heat-Moon - Blue Highways

Ed Ruscha

The Salt Path - Raynor Winn