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Suzanne Roberts

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Suzanne Roberts is the author of Animal Bodies: On Death, Desire, and Other Difficulties (March 2022), the award-winning travel essay collection Bad Tourist: Misadventures in Love and Travel, and the memoir Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail (Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award), as well as four books of poems. Named "The Next Great Travel Writer" by National Geographic's Traveler, Suzanne's work has been listed as notable in Best American Essays and included in The Best Women's Travel Writing. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, CNN, Creative Nonfiction, Brevity, The Rumpus, Hippocampus, The Normal School, River Teeth, and elsewhere. She holds a doctorate in literature and the environment from the Uni ...more

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	Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail 3.83 avg rating — 2,008 ratings — published 2012 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bad Tourist: Misadventures in Love and Travel 3.73 avg rating — 303 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Animal Bodies: On Death, Desire, and Other Difficulties 4.32 avg rating — 151 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Hours to Burn a Body: Poems on Travel 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shameless: Poems 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing to You it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Plotting Temporality it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Suzanne Roberts liked Sue's review of Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail (Outdoor Lives): " I really didn’t want to finish this book. I wanted to stay on the trail with these three young women who bumbled and stumbled their way along the John Muir Trail from Mt. Whitney to Yosemite, but they reached their goal and now they’re grown women w" Read more of this review »
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Suzanne Roberts and 1 other person liked Jaime Fletcher-Owens's review of Bad Tourist: Misadventures in Love and Travel: "Really loved this. I found it relatable as a 32 year old with a very big work travel year coming up. I loved the vulnerability and comedy she adhered to her own life experiences and found the short stories so easy to move and love through. Would abso" Read more of this review »
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Suzanne Roberts liked Jen's review of Animal Bodies: On Death, Desire, and Other Difficulties: "Raw and real. Soul-gripping. Please see description for special notes. Suggestion: Get this one on Audiobrary so you can listen to Julia talk about "performing emotionally challenging material" and an interview with the author. As a prolific audiobook " Read more of this review »
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Suzanne Roberts liked Alyson's review of Animal Bodies: On Death, Desire, and Other Difficulties: "Thoughtful & compelling memoir that reckons with what it’s like to be a woman. "
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Suzanne Roberts made a comment on Maddie Gegg’s review of Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail (Outdoor Lives) " And, I acknowledge that the language I used reflects not just who I was at the time but that moment in time. So it seems like maybe you didn’t read th ...more "
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