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Originally Posted by CZ413
Hmm, looks like you edited this while I was starting to reply. I was going to say that Solnit didn’t actually coin that term — though she did write an essay (and later a book) called “Men Explain Things to Me.” It was one of those words essentially credited to the internet more than any one author. Anyway, I like Wanderlust mostly for the insight into the cultural history of walking: the research you pointed out in your earlier post. Gros’s book is somewhat similar, but includes short biographies of famous walkers with more meditative passages.
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I'm currently reading "Born to Walk" by Dan Rubenstein. I think he's a better writer than Solnit, although she's a much better researcher. "Exercised" by Daniel Lieberman is right at the top of the list as well.