Being on the Oregon Coast
An Essay on Nature, Solitude, the Creation of Value, and the Art of Human Flourishing
In 2016, months before his son was born, Scott F. Parker went to the Oregon coast to hold himself accountable for his first 35 years, to take stock of his life and what he'd learned so far, to ask what he might have to offer his son. For ten days he walked south keeping a notebook. Being on the Oregon Coast is the product of that journey. The book offers a condensed and symbolic account of Parker's walk as his thoughts roam over such territory as nature, solitude, the creation of value, and the art of human flourishing. The prose is reflective and deeply grounded in the environment it traverses. The Pacific Ocean, the beach, and the inland wo…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-953340-18-4
- EAN: 9781953340184
- Produktnummer: 34652860
- Verlag: Homebound Publications
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 120 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'446 KB
Über den Autor
Scott F. Parker is the author of A Way Home: Oregon Essays and Running after Prefontaine: A Memoir. He has been published in Tin House, Philosophy Now, the Oregonian, and the Star Tribune. His work is included in anthologies such as Hood to Coast Memories, Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy, and What Philosophy Can Tell You about Your Lover. He teaches at Montana State University in Bozeman, where he lives with his wife and son.
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