Type Rider: Cycling the Great American Poem

by Maya Stein

Type Rider: Cycling the Great American Poem documents a Kickstarter project undertaken by Maya in the summer of 2012, when she embarked on 40-day cycling journey from Amherst, Massachusetts to Milwaukee, Wisconsin towing a typewriter behind her, inviting the people she met to contribute their words to a collaborative piece of writing. The book includes blog entries, photographs, and the writings she gathered from her adventure.

314 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 11, 2014

About the author

Maya Stein is a Ninja poet, writing guide, and creative adventuress. Her work has been published in Huffington Post, UPPERCASE, Alimentum, Taproot, Stone Gathering, Prime Number, Little Patuxent Review, and other print and online literary journals. She has self-published two collections of poetry, two collections of personal essays, a series of writing prompt guides, and has maintained a weekly email poetry practice, “10-Line Tuesday,” since 2005. Her most recent books are “Grief Becomes You,” featuring writings and photographs from more than 60 contributors (2019), and "The Poser," a collection of contemporary art reenactments and essays (2021). Maya can be found online at www.mayastein.com.