"Men Explain Things To Me" By Rebecca Solnit Comments

I still don't know why Sallie and I bothered to go to that party. The people were all older than us in a dull and distinguished way. Our host was an imposing man who'd made a lot of money, said to me "So? I hear you've written a couple of books." I replied, "Several, actually."
He said it, in the way you encourage your friend's seven-year-old to describe flute practice, "And what are they about? "
They were actually about a few different things, the six or seven out by then, but I began to speak only of the most recent about Technological Wild West, my book on the annihilation of time and space and the industrialization of everyday life. He cut me off as soon the title left my mouth. "And have you heard about the very important Muybridge book that came out this year?
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