Ken IlgunasDec 15, 2016Best books I read in 2016The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North (2014) Perhaps my favorite sci-fi book of all time. It’s about a man who gets to...
Ken IlgunasNov 27, 2016Getting out of grief in Trump countryIn those first miserable days after the election, we progressives spent the beginning stages of our grief torturing ourselves with...
Ken IlgunasJul 10, 2016My four months of getting hassled by copsOn my walk across the Great Plains, I had countless encounters with law enforcement. At one point in Montana, I was awoken by an armed...
Ken IlgunasJul 2, 2016Trespassing across America—An Imperfect JourneyThere’s almost nothing good that will come from reading a book review about your own book. After you’ve poured your life and soul into a...
Ken IlgunasJun 17, 2016The Upbringing of a Trophy KidOne thing that’s always bugged me is the label “trophy kid.” “Trophy kid” is a slur used by older generations to demean millennials. The...
Ken IlgunasMay 21, 2016Books for the 21st Century EnvironmentalistMashable has kindly published my list of recommended books for the “21st Century Environmentalist.” It’s interesting to see how...
Ken IlgunasMay 17, 2016The end of the tourAs publishing lore tells it, the “book tour” used to be a common tool for authors to sell and promote their books, but in recent decades...
Ken IlgunasApr 24, 2016NYT Op-Ed AddendumI’m in the New York Times this morning! My piece introduces the idea of bringing European walking rights (in which citizens are legally...