From Iain Sinclair to Lauren Elkin and W. G. Sebald, the meditative stroll, based on the dérive or ‘drift,’ is a popular literary form in England. When one young writer considers his own stroll, he maneuvers through the form’s past, present and future.
Walk the Lines
Will Wiles | Aeon | April 12, 2017 | 3,300 words
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