Humanity Is Trying
By
Jason Gots
Read by
Jason Gots
Release:
03/01/2022
Release:
03/01/2022
Release:
03/01/2022
Runtime:
8h 54m
Runtime:
8h 54m
Runtime:
8h 54m
Unabridged
Quantity:
“One part great grief, one part intellectual autobiography, one part spiritual growth…Gots brings every ounce of his being to every page.”
Gish Jen, author of The Resisters
“A truly beautiful, wise, raw, subtle book." —Robert MacFarlane, author of Underland
My sister and I are driving south toward Graceland in her beat-up red Saturn, both in need of refuge, both running from different things. Her bumper sticker reads “Humanity Is Trying.” It’s a triple entendre, she explains: Humanity is exhausting. Humanity is struggle. Humanity is doing the best it knows how.
Humanity Is Trying is several books in one. It’s a memoir about the love and the loss of a sister and a best friend. It’s the story of a series of escape attempts—cowardly, courageous, harmful, and hopeful—experiments in freedom from the stories that limit us. And it’s a record of spiritual, intellectual, and emotional growth with the help of friends, psychedelics, art, and spiritual practice.
From Jason Gots, creator of the podcasts Think Again and Clever Creature, comes a philosophical love letter to the slow, messy work of building a life and living with your dreams in the face of reality.
My sister and I are driving south toward Graceland in her beat-up red Saturn, both in need of refuge, both running from different things. Her bumper sticker reads “Humanity Is Trying.” It’s a triple entendre, she explains: Humanity is exhausting. Humanity is struggle. Humanity is doing the best it knows how.
Humanity Is Trying is several books in one. It’s a memoir about the love and the loss of a sister and a best friend. It’s the story of a series of escape attempts—cowardly, courageous, harmful, and hopeful—experiments in freedom from the stories that limit us. And it’s a record of spiritual, intellectual, and emotional growth with the help of friends, psychedelics, art, and spiritual practice.
From Jason Gots, creator of the podcasts Think Again and Clever Creature, comes a philosophical love letter to the slow, messy work of building a life and living with your dreams in the face of reality.
Release:
2022-03-01
2022-03-01
2022-03-01
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
8h 54m
8h 54m
8h 54m
Format:
audio
audio
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
0.55 lb
0.5 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781488213212
9798200863419
9798200863426
Publisher:
Harlequin Audio
Harlequin Audio
Harlequin Audio
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