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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 — 1,974 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 — 298 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 — 142 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 and 1 other person liked Linsey H's review of Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail (Outdoor Lives): "Don’t even know how to sum up how much I loved this book. Currently writing this review about a book about nature with tears in my eyes. What a beautiful account of a trip through true wilderness, but even more so a story of connection, female friend" Read more of this review »
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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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