I have wanted to read this book for a few months, and I thought that now is the time! Can you join me? We will do a few weeks of an online check-in through my blog, and then the final session might be a Zoom call to talk about the book as a whole.
How to Land: Finding Ground in an Unstable World foregrounds the importance of embodiment as a means of surviving the disorientation of our twenty-first century world. Linking somatics and politics, author Ann Cooper Albright argues that a renewed attention to gravity as both a metaphoric sensibility and a physical experience can help transform moments of personal disorientation into an opportunity to reflect on the important relationship between individual resiliency and communal responsibility. (From The King's English Bookshop website)
Some buying options:
Books Inc in the SF Bay Area
The King's English Bookshop in Salt Lake City
Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn
Amazon.com (paperback and e-book)
Here is the reading/discussion/comment timeline:
Wednesday, May 27th: Introduction and Chapter 1 (Falling); 48 pages
Wednesday, June 3rd: Chapters 2 and 3 (Disorientation and Suspension); 57 pages
Wednesday, June 10th: Chapters 4 and 5 (Gravity and Resilience); 61 pages
Wednesday, June 17th: Chapter 6 and Afterword (Connection); 38 pages
If you can join in, please make a comment below. Thank you!
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