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Brian Benson is the author of Going Somewhere (Plume, 2014) and co-author, with Richard Brown, of This Is Not For You (OSU Press, 2021). He lives in Portland, Oregon, where he teaches at the Attic Institute and facilitates free workshops in schools, treatment centers, and affordable housing.

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Going Somewhere: A Bicycle ...

3.67 avg rating — 820 ratings — published 2014 — 10 editions
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A brilliant and wide-ranging exploration of divorce, grounded in Mlotek's own story (which she writes so, so well). This book is teeming with gorgeous sentences. I dog-eared so many pages. ...more
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An absorbing, expertly paced, all-too-real fever dream of a story, full of pathos and humor and horror and absolutely stellar sentences. Loved it.
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“If I had my way, the trip’s every moment would be a Moment—ripe with meaning, worthy of at least a sidebar or infographic in my personal history book. I looked back to the road, followed the pavement”
Brian Benson, Going Somewhere: A Bicycle Journey Across America

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