Ken Ilgunas
- Dec 28, 2014
The best books syllabus
More and more, it's becoming a struggle to find a book worth reading. The classics no longer seem relevant to my life. Contemporary...
Ken Ilgunas
- Dec 20, 2014
The best books I read in 2014
I spent about the first quarter of 2014 researching books on the Great Plains—many of which were great, but few of which would interest...
Ken Ilgunas
- Nov 17, 2014
The Art of Keeping Warm
I wondered: What is the lowest indoor temperature I could comfortably live with on a permanent basis? I wondered this because, for the...
Ken Ilgunas
- Nov 11, 2014
Book Recommendation: “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate” by Naomi Klein
Climate change fascinates me like nothing else. It is the defining story of the 21st Century. Glaciers are melting, oceans are rising,...
Ken Ilgunas
- Jul 23, 2014
On not blogging
There’s nothing more pitiful than a dead blog. The most pitiful are those that die as soon as they are born. If I had to guess, these...
Ken Ilgunas
- Jul 7, 2014
The last ride
So I decided to move to Nebraska. I’ve been working on Trespassing across America for ages, and I always knew I had to return to the...
Ken Ilgunas
- Jun 25, 2014
Ken Ilgunas
- Jun 23, 2014
Ireland
After the Wigtown Book Festival in Scotland and a family reunion dinner, I got a ride with a local woman from Wigtown who trafficked me...