“I’m Marya Hornbacher. I’m a writer, vagrant, and bestselling author who has gone rogue. I’m also a full-time nomad.”
Five Things I’ve Learned About America
- There is no single, composite America.
“Every place I visit has its own mythology of America, and no two of those myths are the same.”
- Americans share more than our history and geography would suggest.
“I have a lot more in common with other Americans than I ever would have thought.”
- Everyone's America is uniquely and urgently personal.
“America has taught me that It isn’t actually outside of me. It’s not somewhere else. It’s right here. Right now. I’m it.”
- We must each confront for ourselves the grief of our shared history.
“The country built on stolen land by peoples whose labors and lives were also stolen will never recover, I don’t think, from its grief. And it probably shouldn’t try.”
- We can’t afford despair.
“There’s only so much time, and in that time all of us have our task.”
On the Road
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