America the Beautiful
Full Title?
America the Beautiful?: One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled
Comedy writer from The Late Show if I read correctly.
”Both were described as “young men”—though as you and I both know, any cis male under the age of thirty-five is not a man but a child.” Page 29.
Generous at best.
Lively writing. That’s what I figured it was, “lively.” Spirited, knowledgeable, and following the footsteps of the masters.
Written with a sharp eye on current conditions, questions, and pointed bites at the hand that feeds us, and timely. Quite timely.
Looks like she’s an online/magazine author, maybe some other stuff, too, but that makes for a breezy, confessional style. Risky, slightly risqué, and funny. Pointed but pointed, barbed humor. Nicely barbed and sprinkled with slight neurosis, for self-deprecating humor.
Very enjoyable. Easy to read.
“Driving anywhere in Texas takes forever, but it especially takes forever when you’re starting in far west Texas and driving northeast. At that point you might as well give up the idea of ever seeing any other states in your lifetime: you’re pretty much in Texas for the duration.” Page 281.
Wraps up passing through Marfa, but not the Marfa I recall from days long gone.
Landed in Phoenix for Spring Training , and the commentary about the cactus stuck with me.
