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The Art of Wandering
by Merlin Coverley
The writer as walker from Rousseau to the flâneurs to modern psychogeographers. A compact literary history for walkers who read.
Read it if…
you want the literature of walking mapped.
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Skip it if…
you want a walking guide.
Try instead: Driven by Eternity →
Three things you will actually use
- Writers walk.
- Wandering is a method.
- The city is a text.
Do this first
Read the chapter on the flâneur.
Our verdict
Writers who walked.
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