What a curious read - I simultaneously felt completely disengaged, wondering how much longer it was going to drag on for, and completely engrossed, unable to browse away. Though I can't really say...
What a curious read - I simultaneously felt completely disengaged, wondering how much longer it was going to drag on for, and completely engrossed, unable to browse away.
Though I can't really say I learned anything or got any new insight but I did feel something. The sort of sadness that comes from reading something that you feel and knowing that you're not completely alone in that feeling - so now not only have two people failed to improve the system but, at least one way, we're aware that there's a problem and have no idea how to fix it because we're comfortable and warm and maybe not happy in general for whatever reason.
Something about the phrase outdoor people was off putting but the article had a Thompson-esque energy that just made it seem like the only true word to describe them. Homeless, unhoused, etc just seem like Carlin's PTSD bit.
In this reflection on homelessness, William T. Vollmann, American "novelist", "journalist", and indoor person, has a series of conversations with outdoor people in Reno, Nevada. Also discussed:...
In this reflection on homelessness, William T. Vollmann, American "novelist", "journalist", and indoor person, has a series of conversations with outdoor people in Reno, Nevada. Also discussed: morality, substance abuse, family, connection.
What a curious read - I simultaneously felt completely disengaged, wondering how much longer it was going to drag on for, and completely engrossed, unable to browse away.
Though I can't really say I learned anything or got any new insight but I did feel something. The sort of sadness that comes from reading something that you feel and knowing that you're not completely alone in that feeling - so now not only have two people failed to improve the system but, at least one way, we're aware that there's a problem and have no idea how to fix it because we're comfortable and warm and maybe not happy in general for whatever reason.
Something about the phrase outdoor people was off putting but the article had a Thompson-esque energy that just made it seem like the only true word to describe them. Homeless, unhoused, etc just seem like Carlin's PTSD bit.
In this reflection on homelessness, William T. Vollmann, American "novelist", "journalist", and indoor person, has a series of conversations with outdoor people in Reno, Nevada. Also discussed: morality, substance abuse, family, connection.