Podcast appearances and mentions of Bonnie Tsui

"The body should be treated more rigorously, so that it may not be disobedient to the mind." — Seneca In today's episode, Ryan sits down with Bonnie Tsui - author, swimmer, surfer - to unpack the deep connection between our muscles and mental resilience. They dive into everything from the intelligence of muscle memory, what the ancient Stoics knew about strength that we've forgotten, how exercise can actually bulk up your brain, and much more. Bonnie Tsui is a journalist, New York Times contributor, swimmer, surfer, and the author of American Chinatown: A People's History of Five Neighborhoods, Why We Swim, and now On Muscle.

We often take our muscles for granted, rarely stopping to consider just how complex and essential they are. From the powerful beat of our hearts to the tiny fibers that raise goosebumps, our muscles do far more than we realize. They don't just follow instructions from the brain — they send signals back and even hold their own kind of memory. In her new book “On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters,” journalist and author Bonnie Tsui offers a new way of looking at muscles, in terms of both their physicality and cultural significance. She joins us to discuss how reconsidering muscles can allow us to find deeper meaning in our understanding of strength, beauty and what it means to be human. Guests: Bonnie Tsui, author and journalist, her latest book is "On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Women should be strong—really strong—and lift heavy,” says Bonnie Tsui.  Tsui, bestselling author, life-long swimmer, and journalist, joins us today to talk about all things muscle, from the cultural perspectives to the health benefits and so much more.  - Her book, On Muscle (~2:10) - The history of muscle for women (~8:15) - Muscle is adaptable (~9:25) - A love letter to muscle (~11:00) - The beauty of shoulders (~13:10) - The first female weightlifters (~16:10) - Being strong & feminine (~21:07) - Health benefits of muscle (~26:10) - Age-related loss of muscle (~29:50) - Metaphors & muscles (~32:50) - What all women should know (~36:05) - Favorite muscles (~37:50) - Grace & athleticism (~40:30) Referenced in the episode:  - Follow her on Instagram (@bonnietsui8)  - Pick up her book, On Muscle - Learn more about her (https://www.bonnietsui.com)  We hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to watch the full video on YouTube! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some people travel for the food. Others for the nightlife. Some travel for work. Others travel to get away. Ryan travels for the swimming.

Not only can you swim in the rivers of Bern and Basel— but thousands of locals regularly take the plunge. From a morning commute to a relaxing weekend escape, discover how rivers are at the heart of everyday Swiss life. In this episode of Travel Tales by Afar, Bonnie Tsui, author of Why We Swim, follows the currents of Switzerland's alpine rivers into the depths of history, culture and identity.  How Rivers Reveal Years of Swiss Culture In this episode you will learn:  How the Rhine was transformed into a meeting place for swimmers What river swimming reveals about the people and culture of major Swiss cities What our changing world could mean for the future of alpine river swimming.   Behind Every Great Swiss City, There's A River. Don't miss these transformative travel moments:  [5:19] A legacy of guarding the rights of swimmers in Basel. [8:14] Three distinct relationships with the Rhine. [11:07] An insightful swim at Rheinbad Breite, a 125-year-old bathhouse.  [12:54] What does climate change mean for the future of Alpine river swimming? Swimming for a Slice of Life Afar contributor, and author of Why We Swim, Bonnie Tsui has swimming in her DNA. Her parents met in a pool in Hong Kong, she worked as a lifeguard growing up in New York, and she often swims when she travels—she's the perfect person to explore Switzerland's river swimming culture.  In this episode you'll learn how to enhance a trip to Switzerland by swimming its rivers, hear how locals see rivers as an important thread in the fabric of Swiss life and culture, and be inspired by the people who are working to protect the future of alpine river swimming.  Resources • Read the transcript of the episode • Order Bonnie's book Why We Swim • Read more of Bonnie's work on her website.  • Pre-order Bonnie's latest book, On Muscle:The Stuff That Moves Us and Why it Matters.  Be sure to subscribe to the show and to sign up for our podcast newsletter, Behind the Mic, where we share upcoming news and behind-the-scenes details of each episode. And explore our second podcast, Unpacked, which unpacks a tricky topic in travel each week.

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Katherine May, British writer and author of Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times, shares her love of the winter months, describing her physical feelings when immersed in the cold local sea as a “sensory delight.” Writer, surfer, and swimmer Bonnie Tsui shares stories from her latest book Why We Swim and explains why humans have such a long and deep connection to water.

Why do we swim? It's not new, we've been swimming for 10,000 years… apparently. But why? We don't live in the water and so what draws us to it? In this first episode of the podcast we explore the history of humans in the water to get an idea of why we do it. Hosted by Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell.  Episode guests:  Bonnie Tsui, Why We Swim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

L'INTERVISTALina Sotis, autrice del libro “Il nuovo Bon Ton. Essere eleganti non è una questione essenziale. Essere educati, sì” a cura di Carlo Mazzoni(Baldini + Castoldi, 144 p., € 16,00)RECENSIONI“Gentiluomo in mare”, di Herbert Clyde Lewis, traduzione a cura di Marco Rossari(Adelphi, 152 p., € 13,00)“Perché nuotiamo”, Bonnie Tsui, traduzione a cura di Milena Sanfilippo(66thand2nd, 304 p., € 18,00)“Un mare di poeti e di eroi. Luoghi, storie e miti dell’Egeo”, di Giuseppe Zanetto(Rizzoli, 224 p., € 24,90)“Alessandro Magno e l’Oriente”, a cura di Filippo Coarelli e Eugenio Lo Sardo(Electa, 168 p., € 25,00)“Il demone della battaglia. Alessandro a Isso”, di Gastone Breccia(Il Mulino, 216 p., € 16,00) “Nel mare di Elsa”, di Gea Finelli (Nutrimenti, 176 p., € 16,00)“Giallo sardo 2”, di Francesco Abate, Antonio Boggio, Ciro Auriemma, Eleonora Carta, Maria Francesca Chiappe, Barbara Sessini, Marcello Fois, Elisa Mandreu, Lorenzo Scanu, Gavino Zucca(Piemme, 336 p., € 18,90)IL DISPETTINO“Compiti delle vacanze per amanti dei libri 2”, Massimo Roscia(Sonzogno, 156 p., 12,90 €)

Bonnie Tsui's book, Why We Swim, dropped at a time when we were all looking for guidance on how to move our bodies in ways that took us out of our heads and into our element. But its message is continuous. Why We Swim is a must-read whether you think of yourself as a swimmer or not. It takes you to the source of our innately human relationship with water and weaves together history, science, and her own personal story to propel us on the journey.We wanted to start this Women and Water series with my conversation with Bonnie because she is truly an expert on why we gravitate to the ocean, lakes, and other waterways that provide us with so much. Bonnie shares more about Why We Swim, her own start to swimming, how swimming helps us feel free, and so much more. This is the first in a series of interviews with some incredible humans who are featured in Women and Water - a new book from the team behind She Explores. We're taking the conversation off the page and into their relationship with water today. You'll hear from swimmers, surfers, paddlers, fishers, and more. Enjoy listening? Rate & Review She ExploresFeatured in this episode: Bonnie TsuiShe Explores is Hosted & Produced by Gale StraubJoin the She Explores Podcast community on FacebookVisit She-Explores.com & Follow Us on InstagramResourcesBonnie TsuiBonnieTsui.comInstagram: @bonnietsui8Twitter: Why We Swim Bonnie's childrens book: Sarah and the Big WaveOur new book, Women and WaterMentioned in conversation:Caroline PaulFlorence Williams' The Nature FixRate this podcastRavel MediaMusic is licensed via podcastmusic.com.

We just read a stack of books with an interesting variety of subjects! In between mushrooms and swimming, we spent time with an Australian rare book expert, a New Yorker wandering in Ireland, a Queer book artist in Manhattan, restauranteers in Minnesota, and an American publishing legend. We also got to know some folks in a rural hockey town. These books are: Cooking with Mushrooms: A Fungi Lover's Guide to the World's Most Versatile, Flavorful, Health-Boosting Ingredients by Andrea Gentl, People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks, This Must be the Place by Maggie O'Farrell, Endpapers by Jennifer Savran Kelly, Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J Ryan Stradal, Alfred A. Knopf: A Quarter Century – designed by W.A. Dwiggins, Beartown by Fredrik Backman, and Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui. In Biblio Aventures, Chris talks about making some books for a class assignment (we also created a show-and-tell video on YouTube), and Emily has started watching Dear Edward on Apple TV (based on the novel by Ann Napolitano). We are thrilled, as always, to welcome back Our Mystery Man, John Valeri! John shares some 2023 releases he's enjoyed and recommends to us all, and he talks about his new Little Free Library.

Over half of the world's population doesn't know how to swim. But it wasn't always that way. Swimming has been practiced by humans for thousands of years for fun, health, survival, competition and community. Swimming has also been used by some cultures to differentiate themselves from others - the swimmers from the non-swimmers. OPB's Paul Marshall talks with Bonnie Tsui, author of “Why We Swim,” and Karen Eva Carr, author of “Shifting Currents: A World History of Swimming,” about what swimming can tell us about ourselves as individuals and as a culture.And last year, OPB's Crystal Ligori spoke with Rivka Galchen, author of “Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch,” and A.K. Blakemore, author of “The Manningtree Witches.”

How creative flow was modeled for us when we were growing up has a lot to do with how we seek it out today. And  writer Bonnie Tsui strives to achieve a more balanced approach to her creative pursuits so that her children feel empowered to do the same.In our last episode of Creative Fuel, "How Do We Find Flow" we took a look at the topic of flow. As always, we covered more in our conversation than we could share in the episode. So for this Dose of Creativity, we'll hear how flow and creativity were modeled for Bonnie through her father's relationship to art.Each episode of Creative Fuel starts with one question. In the course of researching, writing, and talking with our guests, we obviously come up with many more questions along the way. They leave us with a lot to ponder, and there are many things we don't have the space to include in our full episodes. Which is where these little doses of creativity come in.Featuring:  Bonnie TsuiHead over to CreativeFuelCollective.com for more creative inspiration, prompts, online workshops and a robust creative community.Hosted by Anna BronesCo-Produced by Anna Brones & Gale StraubTheme Music is by cleod9 musicSeason 1 is Made with Support by Big Cartel 

Karen Eva Carr and Bonnie Tsui discuss swimming and their latest books in this #PDXBookFest conversation with OPB's Paul Marshall.

Creative flow is a desirable but often elusive state. Many of us crave those moments where it feels like everything just comes together and we're in the zone. But how exactly do we get there? And what can we do to facilitate more flow in our everyday lives? In this episode we explore the flow state with the help of researcher Dr. Richard Huskey and writer Bonnie Tsui. We take a look at the science behind flow, what it can do for us, and how we can facilitate more of it in our everyday lives. Head over to CreativeFuelCollective.com for more creative inspiration, prompts, online workshops and a robust creative community.Hosted by Anna BronesCo-Produced by Anna Brones & Gale StraubTheme Music is by cleod9 musicSeason 1 is Made with Support by Big CartelFeaturing: Dr. Richard Huskey: Richard Huskey (PhD, University of California Santa Barbara) is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication and the Cognitive Science Program at the University of California Davis. Dr. Huskey is the principal investigator in the Cognitive Communication Science Lab, a researcher in the Computational Communication Research Lab, an affiliated faculty member at the Center for Mind and Brain, an affiliated faculty member in the Designated Emphasis in Computational Social Science, and Chair of the International Communication Association Communication Science and Biology interest group. He studies how motivation influences the attitudes people hold and the behaviors they adopt. He researches these questions using a variety of methodological techniques including: functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), computational methods, and lab-based experimentation. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, snowboarding, and walking his dog Turner.Links: Cognitive Communication Science LabBonnie Tsui: Bonnie Tsui is a longtime contributor to The New York Times and the author of American Chinatown, winner of the 2010 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature. Her latest book, Why We Swim, was a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and a Time magazine and NPR Best Book of 2020; it is currently being translated into nine languages. Her first children's book, Sarah and the Big Wave, about the first woman to surf Northern California's Mavericks, was published last year. Her work has been recognized and supported by Harvard University, the National Press Foundation, and the Mesa Refuge.Links: Bonnie TsuiResources Mentioned & Places to Learn MoreWhy We Swim by Bonnie TsuiMihaly CsikszentmihalyiFlow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi“A computational theory of the subjective experience of flow” Melnikoff et al., 2022“Why does experiencing ‘flow' feel so good?” By Dr. Richard HuskeyTo learn more about somatic movement, Tori recommends checking out Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies and the book The Body Keeps ScoreFeatured listenersAndrea SlusarskiSheryl WiserKerri Anne StebbinsMike Sowden and his Everything is Amazing newsletterTori DuhaimeSponsor LinksBig Cartel believes you don't have to sell out to sell online. With their simple stores for artists, makers, and creators, you won't be surprised by hidden fees and they don't take a cut of your sales like some other platforms. The sky's the limit on your sales and your success. Open your own shop at bigcartel.com.

Bonnie Tsui is an award winning journalist & author, receiving the Jane Rainie Opel Young Alumna Award from Harvard University, the Lowell Thomas Gold Award, and a National Press Foundation Fellowship. Bonnie is a lifelong swimmer and the author of, "Why We Swim". Buy the book, here! And, check out her newest novel, "Sarah and the Big Wave The True Story of the First Woman to Surf Mavericks". 00:00 Bratter PA, Immigration Law 00:05 Hello Bonnie Tsui 01:00 What's your relationship to swimming? 03:28 First swimming memories 06:30 Researching the book 08:45 What got cut from the book? 11:40 Guðlaugur Friðþórsson 16:43 Beine Wellness 17:31 Swim Angelfish 18:08 Swimming during COVID 23:00 What swimming has done for Brett 25:18 Lifeguard Brett 26:05 Drowning moment? 29:00 Fear 31:30 50 Freestyle 33:40 Dara Torres 40:00 Do you feel competitive still? 41:30 Open water swimmers vs Pool swimmers 45:00 Samurai swimming 52:00 People born to swim 56:45 Bonnie's kids learn to swim 59:03 Swimnerd Live Virtual Scoreboard Our Sponsors: BRATTER PA IMMIGRATION LAW: Exclusive immigration representation of athletes, entrepreneurs, artists, investors, and entertainers. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leader in adaptive swim. Get certified online today! BEINE WELLNESS BUILDING: Individualize your nutrition with genetic testing and personalized plans. Eat, supplement, and recover based on your genetics. INTL SWIMMING HALL OF FAME: Help preserve swimming history by joining the 1 in 1000 Club! VASA: Essential dryland for stronger, better, faster swimmers. Save 10% using the code "brett" at checkout! DESTRO SWIM TOWERS: Save $150 per double swim tower by using the code "brett" at checkout! SWIMNERD: Big and small digital pace clocks, virtual scoreboards, and live results. Subscribe to the Swimnerd Newsletter. Subscribe & Listen: Apple Podcasts Google Spotify YouTube Produced by: SWIMNERD

To be creative is to be human, and understanding that drive might help us understand ourselves better. Season one launches September 13, 2022.Each episode begins with a central question, and features the expertise of researchers, scientists and creatives. In this first season, we'll explore topics like “how do we connect with each other?,” “how do we get through hard times?,” and "how do we find flow?" By exploring these questions through the lens of creativity, we'll come to understand how integral it is to all aspects of our lives. And listeners will gain insights on how to leverage its power in their everyday.Creative Fuel is hosted by Anna Brones.Trailer features: Cheryl Strayed, Bonnie Tsui, Kaywin Feldman, and Dr. Sara Konrath.Producers and show creators: Anna Brones + Gale Straub   

Where in America can you visit another country without needing a passport?Chinatown USA: a world within a world and a state of mind. In American Chinatown, acclaimed travel writer Bonnie Tsui takes an affectionate and attentive look at the neighborhood that has bewitched her since childhood. Tsui visits the country's five most famous China towns and focuses on the intriguing characters who live in these enclaves. For anyone who has ever wandered through Chinatown and wondered what it was all about and for Americans wanting to understand the changing face of their own country American Chinatown is an all-access pass. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yesitsyanyan/support

“"Curiosity is contagious.”  –Sophia Bentaher In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Sophia talk about structuring journey around specific passions and obsessions, and her own decision to hitchhike Europe in search of pastry recipes (2:00); how your national or ethnic identity affects how you are seen as a traveler (13:00); Sophia's experiences as a woman hitchhiker in places like France, Switzerland and Italy, and how she documented her experiences on a spreadsheet (21:00); how the quest for pastry transformed the journey (38:00); how the travel experience led her to open a pastry business in Marrakesh (49:00); and how processes and stories are sometimes more essential than outcomes (57:30). Sophia Bentaher (@sophiabnthr) is a food traveler and writer, with a French-Moroccan background. Her obsession for food, specifically desserts, led her to drop a 9-5 lifestyle and go explore Europe to learn a traditional cake recipe in each country. Notable Links: The Wet and the Dry, by Laurence Osborne (book) American Chinatown, by Bonnie Tsui (book) Excel (spreadsheet software) Hero's journey (mythology template) Wanderjahre or Compagnons du Devoir (learning journey) Third culture kid (cross-cultural identity) Crostata (Italian tart) Cornes de Gazelle (Moroccan cookie) The Alchemist (novel) The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel's 2017 album Lumber. Note: We don't host a “comments” section, but we're happy to hear your questions and insights via email, at deviate@rolfpotts.com.

Moving from San Francisco down to San Diego through some of the countries most epic coastal communities we caught up with cold water swimmers, ocean activists, big wave pioneers and more as we looked to bring you more stories from the sea to inspire and protect what we love.As we touched down in San Fran, we took no time at all in getting in the cold waters of the Bay Area. There wasn't a better person to show us the local spots than the incredible Bonnie Tsui (Soy) - swimmer, surfer, mother and author of the fascinating book, Why We Swim.We spoke with Bonnie on her introduction to the life altering practice of ocean swimming, her journey to becoming a surfer, water and wellbeing, the ongoing issues of inequality and access to swimming and how getting in the sea can even cure stupidity!So sliding right into our conversation… here we go. Episode 15 with Bonnie Tsui - Why We Swim / Why We Surf

Bonnie Tsui was born in Queens, New York, and raised on Long Island. She has been a competitive swimmer, rower, climber, snowboarder, surfer, an author of multiple books and has won numerous awards and accolades. One of her more recent books, “Why We Swim” celebrates the role water has played throughout history and across the globe. It covers everything from Olympic champions, a Baghdad swim club that meets in Saddam Hussein's former palace pool, modern-day Japanese samurai swimmers, and even an Icelandic fisherman who somehow survives a wintry six-hour swim after a shipwreck and becomes a national hero. She has also just released “Sarah and the Big Wave: The True Story of the First Woman to Surf Mavericks,” a new children's book that tells the story of the legendary Sarah Gerhard and her journey to becoming one of the first female surfers at Mavericks. Bonnie is our guest on this episode and what follows is a fascinating conversation. We hope you enjoy… Swell season Surf Radio is recorded by the Newsstand Studio at Rockefeller Center in the heart of Manhattan and is distributed by WAX.RadioOpening Song: The Swimming SongArtist: Loudon Wainwright IIIAlbum: Attempted Mustache

Today's Off The Lip Radio Show with guest Sarah Gerhardt the first woman to surf Mavericks, who talked about the film "One Winter Story" by Elizabeth Pepin Silva about her journey to surf big waves, as well as a new children's book by Bonnie Tsui that features Sarah titled "Sarah and the Big Wave."

This week, we are heading stateside to St.Petersburg, Florida to chat with book-loving, supermom Mandy Hurley. Mandy recently completed her first 70.3 Ironman. She talks to Rachael about juggling life as an athlete and mom, whilst also working a full-time job.At the end of the episode, Mandy gives her recommendations on books that inspired her and the ones she thinks everyone should read. Here's what she likes:‘Born to Run' by Christopher McDougall‘Let Your Mind Run' by Deena Kastor‘Why we Swim' by Bonnie Tsui ‘The Pursuit of Victory' by Helle Frederiksen

EPISODE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION: Bonnie Tsui is an American author and journalist of Hong Kong descent. She was born in New York, New York, graduated from Harvard University, and currently lives in San Francisco. She grew up a competitive swimmer. Her book American Chinatown: A People's History of Five Neighborhoods was published by Simon & Schuster's Free Press in 2009 and won the 2009-2010 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature. The Los Angeles Times said it "explored their class struggles, rivalries, customs, and dialects," of the cities' Chinatowns. Tsui also contributes essays and cultural commentary to well-known American magazines, including The New York Times and California Sunday. Her accolades include the 2019 National Press Foundation Fellowship and the Jane Rainie Opel Young Alumna Award at Harvard University. In 2020, she published a memoir, Why We Swim, with Algonquin Books, which delves into the history of swimming. The New York Times called it an enthusiastic and thoughtful work. Her third book, Sarah & the Big Wave, about big-wave women surfers, will be published by Henry Holt Books for Young Readers in spring 2021. She is a member of the San Francisco Writers Grotto. A longtime contributor to The New York Times, Bonnie has also performed numerous times at Pop-Up Magazine and other live storytelling events. She helped to launch F&B: Voices from the Kitchen, a storytelling project from La Cocina that shares stories from cooks and kitchens that are less often heard. She also appeared as a talking head in the documentary The Search for General Tso, to explain the curiously foreign-yet-familiar quality of Chinese-American food and was featured in the History Channel series “America: Promised Land.” NEXT STEPS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO: 1. Get the book Why We Swim. TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS VIDEO:  – Intro  – This Water Thing  – Water & Healing  – Water & Spirituality  – Fear of Water  – Gudlaugur Frithorsson's Journey  – Cultures Around Swimming  – Water Kept Her Safe for Security  – Water is Special  – Called to Write about Water  – Soul Speaking to Another Soul  – Who Needs the Book & Could be Convinced  – Yin & Yang  – To Be Able to Reach You Where You Are ABOUT ME: Hi, I'm Stephen Scoggins. After fighting from homelessness and depression to build multiple businesses employing hundreds of amazing people, I've learned a lot about what it really takes to overcome your limitations and build your dream life. Now, my goal is to help one million people get from where they are today to where they want to be in life. To help with that, I'm releasing videos on this channel several times per week and posting regularly on social media. On this YouTube channel, I interview the world's most foremost thought leaders on what it takes to master your life. I also have a library of free resources, downloadable eBooks, and personality tests to help you become the person you've always wanted to be. Just check out my websites below! MASTER YOUR LIFE WITH FREE RESOURCES: My Website: https://www.stephenscoggins.com Free eBooks & Resources: https://www.stephenscoggins.com/resources My Blog: https://stephenscoggins.com/blog/ Stuck to Unstoppable Podcast: https://stephenscoggins.com/stuck-to-unstoppable/ CONNECT WITH ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephen_scoggins/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephenscoggins/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenscoggins Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephen_scoggin

Hosts Peter Hartlaub and Heather Knight dive in the San Francisco Bay with "Why We Swim" author Bonnie Tsui, as a warm-up for their Total SF Book Club event on November 17 at the San Francisco Public Library. Tsui talks about an Icelandic legend who survived a frigid multi-hour swim, why San Francisco is a great swimming city and how newcomers can get started — and maybe work up to their own Bay swim. Hartlaub and Knight also recap their very cold but invigorating swim, including a cameo from former author Daniel Handler. The Total SF Book Club event is set for 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 17 at the Koret Auditorium at the SFPL main branch, with a virtual option. Register for free here. Produced by Peter Hartlaub. Music is "The Tide Will Rise" by the Sunset Shipwrecks off their album "Community" and cable car bell-ringing by 8-time champion Byron Cobb. Follow Total SF adventures at www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does water mean to you? In this feature, author Bonnie Tsui (Why We Swim), actress Joy Bryant, submarine pilot Erika Bergman, figure skater Elladj Baldé, 85-year-old synchronized swimmer Barbara Eison-White, professional mermaid Olivia Gonzales, and others share stories about the many ways water influences our lives.From Pop-Up Magazine, creators of this Field Guide series: "We recommend listening outside, near water if you can. Head to the ocean if you're on the coast. Or walk to a nearby pond or creek. Sit by a fountain at a park. Or just pour yourself a glass of water."Plus, an excerpt of Roman Mars On The Anatomy Of A Good Story (w/ Michelle Fournet, Roman Mars, Pedro Pascal), part of the Periodic Talks podcast. It's a show about what gets people curious, from virtual experiences to celestial bodies, with Gillian Jacobs (Community, Netflix's LOVE) and Diona Reasonover (NCIS)A Field Guide to Water

What does water mean to you? In this feature, author Bonnie Tsui (Why We Swim), actress Joy Bryant, submarine pilot Erika Bergman, figure skater Elladj Baldé, 85-year-old synchronized swimmer Barbara Eison-White, professional mermaid Olivia Gonzales, and others share stories about the many ways water influences our lives.From Pop-Up Magazine, creators of this Field Guide series: "We recommend listening outside, near water if you can. Head to the ocean if you're on the coast. Or walk to a nearby pond or creek. Sit by a fountain at a park. Or just pour yourself a glass of water."Plus, an excerpt of Roman Mars On The Anatomy Of A Good Story (w/ Michelle Fournet, Roman Mars, Pedro Pascal), part of the Periodic Talks podcast. It's a show about what gets people curious, from virtual experiences to celestial bodies, with Gillian Jacobs (Community, Netflix's LOVE) and Diona Reasonover (NCIS)A Field Guide to Water

Hear from two highly respected journalists who also happen to be speculative fiction writers. Annalee Newitz is an award-winning novelist (The Future of Another Timeline) and a science, technology and culture writer whose fascinating new book, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age, explores the rise and fall of four urban-centered civilizations, from medieval Angkor in Cambodia to the indigenous metropolis Cahokia in present-day Missouri. Moderated by Bonnie Tsui, author of Why We Swim.

Welcome to episode seventy-eight of the Löw Tide Böyz - A Swimrun Podcast! (It's also episode 101 of total podcast content!)So it is fitting that we have what we think is one of our best shows ever, maybe even the best show. This week we have Bonnie Tsui on the show. She is the author of Why We Swim (an amazing book about swimming, water, and life that we'll talk more about later), a New York Times contributor, a surfer, and a Bay Area local. We were totally honored and humbled that she agreed to come on to our super niche podcast to talk with a couple of random dudes about her book. She was awesome to chat with and we can't wait to share our conversation with you!More on this interview later in the show.Training UpdateWe're continuing to ratchet up our training for Casco Bay and we're feeling pretty good about where our run is at. Swimming is the type of thing that we will never totally be happy with so we're putting in the time and following the process. All in all, we had another good week of training this past week with a long Swimrun practice over the weekend focusing on some longer swims with fast running mixed in.  #LFGShoutouts/Feats of EnduranceThis week we're shouting out and giving the Feats of Endurance award to our friend Tobias Rop. Toby crushed the Austria Extreme Triathlon over the weekend finishing in the top 15! Strong work!Need some inspiration in your training life? Then be like Toby and join the LTBz Strava Club and connect with fellow Swimrunners as they train and race all over the world. This Week in Swimrun (Powered by Raceid.com)Lots of Swimrun news to share this week.Envol Coaching's Big “Battle” is done! Congrats to all the Swimrunners around the world that participated and bonus congrats to the Dutch Swimrunners team for winning the battle. Pretty sure that they Swimran more in a month than most people have in their entire lives.The ÖTILLÖ Utö hype video is out and Rasmus Lodenius, our friend and former guest of the show, produced yet another awesome film. Make sure to check out our Utö race recap episode with Helena and Åsa if you haven't listened to that yet. Up next for ÖTILLÖ is their Engadin event happening on July 10-11. Listen to our course preview episode to get all the details on that amazing location and course.Speaking of ÖTILLÖ, they announced this week that they will introduce a SOLO division for their World Series distance events. Their purpose for the move is to open up the races to more people and to grow the sport of Swimrun. The SOLO racers will not get ranking points and they will not get points in the World Series standings. No change to the World Championship format where only teams may qualify.Love Swimrun recently announced that all their events for 2021 are open for registration. If we're ever in North Wales we will definitely be checking out their events. The Holy Island Swimrun on Sept. 11th looks particularly magical.In the category of random events that we learned about from Instagram, NZ Swimrun is hosting a 3-day Swimrun camp in Whangamata, New Zealand on August 20-22. This is an all-inclusive camping experience and it looks awesome. We don't know anything about it other than that but if you're in the area, it might be worth checking out.That's it for this week. Feel free to email us to tip us off to any events or Swimrun news that you'd like for us to share on the show.UpdatesOur latest episode of Gear Talk with the Swimrun Labs is out. We did our full review of the ARK Sports' latest opus, their new ORNÖ X Swimrun Wetsuit. This suit is worth the hype in our collective opinion so check out that show, if you haven't already.We know that we've been mentioning our Ödyssey Swimrun discount code a lot since we got it but that is only because we love their events and think that you will too! Use the code LOWTIDE15 to save 15% on your registration. By the way, Casco Bay is 80% sold out so if you're the type of person to wait until the last minute then now is your time to shine...and join us at the start line.Our Conversation with Bonnie TsuiWhat can we say about this interview? It might be our best work but not because of anything that we did. Bonnie was a great guest and we loved chatting with her about her book, Why We Swim. We covered a lot of ground in this interview where she discussed what inspired the book, what blew her mind the most in her research for the book, and so much more. Make sure to check out her book Why We Swim. The new paperback edition is out now.Learn more about Bonnie Tsui on her website.That's it for this week's show. If you are enjoying the Löw Tide Böyz, be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast player and leave us a five-star review. You can find us on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, and on YouTube. You can also follow our meme page on Instagram. Email us at lowtideboyz@gmail.com with any feedback and/or suggestions. Finally, you can support our efforts on Patreon…if you feel so inclined.Thank you for listening and see you out there!-  Chip and Chris

Today, we hear about conflict of interest case against Richmond Mayor Tom Butt. Then, the story behind the construction of one of the Bay Area's most unusual bridges. And, Berkeley author Bonnie Tsui reads from her new children's book.

Berkeley author Bonnie Tsui reads from her new children's book "Sarah and the Big Wave." It's about Sarah Gerhardt, the first woman to surf Half Moon Bay's biggest break.

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss We Are Satellites, Illusionary, People We Meet On Vacation, and more great books. Pick up an All the Books! shirt, sticker, and more right here. Follow All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: We Are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker Illusionary by Zoraida Córdova People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry Where the Rhythm Takes You by Sarah Dass Stone Fruit by Lee Lai Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark  Brat: An ’80s Story by Andrew McCarthy  Black Water Sister by Zen Cho  WHAT WE’RE READING: Get Good with Money by Tiffany Aliche Ariadne by Jennifer Saint Cackle by Rachel Harrison No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality by Michael J. Fox  MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: Thanks a Lot, Universe by Chad Lucas Rule of Threes by Marcy Campbell The Mothers by Genevieve Gannon  The Truth About Lies: The Illusion of Honesty and the Evolution of Deceit by Aja Raden  Top Rankin’: A Punk/Ska Noir Novel by Howard Paar  Angel & Hannah: A Novel in Verse by Ishle Yi Park My Name Is Selma: The Remarkable Memoir of a Jewish Resistance Fighter and Ravensbrück Survivor by Selma van de Perre Spies, Lies, and Exile: The Extraordinary Story of Russian Double Agent George Blake by Simon Kuper How Iceland Changed the World: The Big History of a Small Island by Egill Bjarnason Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry by Jason Schreier  All Sorrows Can Be Borne by Loren Stephens A Complex Sentence by Marjorie Welish Unsettled by Reem Faruqi Why Peacocks?: An Unlikely Search for Meaning in the World’s Most Magnificent Bird by Sean Flynn Happier, No Matter What: Cultivating Hope, Resilience, and Purpose in Hard Times by Tal Ben-Shahar  Gallery of Clouds by Rachel Eisendrath  Bringing Up Bookmonsters: The Joyful Way to Turn Your Child into a Fearless, Ravenous Reader by Amber Ankowski PhD and Andy Ankowski The Burning (Young Readers Edition): Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 by Tim Madigan and Hilary Beard A Theater for Dreamers by Polly Samson   How Lucky by Will Leitch Attachments by Jeff Arch The Holly: Five Bullets, One Gun, and the Struggle to Save an American Neighborhood by Julian Rubinstein  That Summer by Jennifer Weiner  Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie  Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II by Daniel James Brown  Citadels of Pride: Sexual Assault, Accountability, and Reconciliation by Martha C. Nussbaum We Need New Stories: The Myths that Subvert Freedom by Nesrine Malik  Switch by A.S. King Lucy Clark Will Not Apologize by Margo Rabb A Descending Spiral: Exposing the Death Penalty in 12 Essays by Marc Bookman Incredible Doom by Matthew Bogart and Jesse Holden While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams  The Other Side of Perfect by Mariko Turk From Little Tokyo, With Love by Sarah Kuhn Competitive Grieving by Nora Zelevansky  Hush Little Baby by R. H. Herron Swimming Back to Trout River by Linda Rui Feng The Taker: Book One of the Taker Trilogy by Alma Katsu Into the Deep: A Memoir From the Man Who Found Titanic by Robert D. Ballard Heartwood: The Art of Living with the End in Mind by Barbara Becker King Kong Theory by Virginie Despentes, Frank Wynne (translator) Meeting in Positano by Goliarda Sapienza, Brian Robert Moore (translator) Sarah and the Big Wave by Bonnie Tsui and Sophie Diao Out of the Shadows: Six Visionary Victorian Women in Search of a Public Voice by Emily Midorikawa Days of Steel Rain: The Epic Story of a WWII Vengeance Ship in the Year of the Kamikaze by Brent Jones Billie Eilish by Billie Eilish  Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler The House of Always (A Chorus of Dragons 4) by Jenn Lyons  The Colour of God by Ayesha S. Chaudhry Son of the Storm (The Nameless Republic Book 1) by Suyi Davies Okungbowa  The Rock Eaters: Stories by Brenda Peynado   A Special Place for Women by Laura Hankin  Not Our Summer by Casie Bazay There’s a Revolution Outside, My Love by Tracy K. Smith and John Freeman Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer by Steven Johnson Letters to Camondo by Edmund de Waal The Road to Wherever by John Ed Bradley Mission Multiverse by Rebecca Caprara The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau The Anatomy of Desire by L. R. Dorn Vernon Subutex 3 by Virginie Despentes, Frank Wynne (translator) Camping Grounds: Public Nature in American Life from the Civil War to the Occupy Movement by Phoebe S.K. Young New Girl in Little Cove by Damhnait Monaghan  A Good Mother by Lara Bazelon See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Humans, unlike other animals that are drawn to water, are not natural-born swimmers. We must be taught. Our evolutionary ancestors learned for survival; now in the 21st century we swim in freezing Arctic waters and piranhainfested rivers to test our limits. Swimming is an introspective and silent sport in a chaotic and noisy age, it's therapeutic for both the mind and body, and it's an adventurous way to get from point A to point B. It's also one route to that elusive, ecstatic state of flow.   Bonnie Tsui, a swimmer and surfer, is a longtime journalist for The New York Times and the author of American Chinatown; her first children's book, Sarah and the Big Wave, about the first woman to surf Mavericks; and Why We Swim.  Each year the cathedral chooses a theme for inspiration and reflection, and in 2021 our theme is healing. Join Dean Malcolm Clemens Young for a conversation with the author about what seduces us to water despite its dangers, why we come back to it again and again, and what that says about being human.     You can help us bring the arts to life at Grace with a gift today to The Forum. Click here to give or text Think to 76278.     About the guest  Bonnie Tsui is a longtime journalist for The New York Times and the author of WHY WE SWIM, a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, a TIME Magazine Must-Read Book of 2020, an NPR Best Book of 2020, and a Los Angeles Times and Boston Globe bestseller. It is currently being translated into seven languages. Her first children's book, SARAH & THE BIG WAVE, about the first woman to surf Mavericks, will be published in May. She lives, swims, and surfs in the Bay Area.  About the host    The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young is the dean of Grace Cathedral. He is the author of The Spiritual Journal of Henry David Thoreau and The Invisible Hand in Wilderness: Economics, Ecology, and God, and is a regular contributor on religion to the Huffington Post and San Francisco Examiner.   About  The  Forum   The Forum is a series of stimulating conversations about faith and ethics in relation to the important issues of our day. We invite inspiring and illustrious people to sit down for a real conversation with the Forum's host, Malcolm Clemens Young, the dean of Grace Cathedral, and with you. Our guests range from artists, inventors and philosophers to pop culturists and elected officials, but the point of The Forum is singular: civil, sophisticated discourse that engages minds and hearts to think in new ways about the world.  More about Grace Forum Online  

This week on the IronWomen podcast Haley and Alyssa are joined by author and swimmer Bonnie Tsui. Bonnie’s most recent book, titled Why We Swim, is explained as a love letter to swimming. In it, she explores the history of swimming and our complicated connection to the water as humans. She details her own experience with swimming, and shares stories from the book that illustrate what so many of us love about being in the water. She also addresses the racial gaps in access to swimming, and chats with Haley and Alyssa about how we can work to get more representation of BIPOC swimmers. Bonnie hails from San Francisco, and now spends her time swimming in the cold water of the San Francisco Bay. She talks about the exhilaration of cold water swimming as well as it’s psychological and physiological benefits, and she gives us some tips on how we can take the plunge into colder waters. You can buy all of Bonnie’s books, including Why We Swim, as well as her upcoming children’s book Sarah and the Big Wave on her website at bonnietsui.com Follow Bonnie on Instagram @bonnietsui8 and on Twitter @bonniesui **Support the Podcast** Sign up for the Feisty Triathlon Team at feistyteam.com Orca Sportswear: Code - IRONWOMEN15 = 15% off Nuun Hydration: Code - LiveFeisty = 30% off at https://nuun.life/feisty-podcast Zealios Skincare: Code - ironwomen = 15% off Previnex: Code - IronWomen15 = 15% off your first order InsideTracker: 25% off at insidetracker.com/ironwomen

Ryan reads today's Daily Stoic email and talks to author Bonnie Tsui about her new memoir, Why We Swim, their mutual adoration of swimming, how physical exercise can be a catalyst for creative thinking, the philosophical benefits of spending time in the water, and more.Bonnie Tsui is the author of many books including American Chinatown: A People’s History of Five Neighborhoods, which won the 2009-2010 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature. Her past accolades include the 2019 National Press Foundation Fellowship and the Jane Rainie Opel Young Alumna Award at Harvard University.This episode is also brought to you by Scribd, the e-book and audiobook subscription service that includes one million titles. Scribd uses the latest technology with the smartest people to recommend you content that you’re going to love. We’re offering listeners of The Daily Stoic a free 60 day trial. Go to try.scribd.com/stoic for your free trial. That’s try.scribd.com/stoic to get 60 days of Scribd for free.This episode is also brought to you by Athletic Greens. Athletic Greens is a custom formulation of 75 vitamins, minerals, and other whole-food sourced ingredients that make it easier for you to maintain nutrition in just a single scoop. Visit athleticgreens.com/stoic to get a FREE year supply of Liquid Vitamin D + 5 FREE Travel Packs with subscription. This episode is also brought to you by Seed. Seed’s Daily Synbiotic combines 24 clinically and scientifically studied probiotic strains with non-fermenting prebiotic compounds concentrated from Indian pomegranate. Visit seed.com/STOIC and use code STOIC to redeem 20% off your first month of Seed’s Daily Synbiotic. That’s seed.com/STOIC and use code STOIC.This episode is also brought to you by Talkspace, the online and mobile therapy company. Talkspace lets you send and receive unlimited messages with your dedicated therapist in the Talkspace platform 24/7. To match with a licensed therapist today, go to Talkspace.com or download the app. Make sure to use the code STOIC to get $100 off of your first month and show your support for the show.***If you enjoyed this week’s podcast, we’d love for you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps with our visibility, and the more people listen to the podcast, the more we can invest into it and make it even better.Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: http://DailyStoic.com/signupFollow @DailyStoic:Twitter: https://twitter.com/dailystoicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/Facebook: http://facebook.com/dailystoicYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/dailystoicFollow Bonnie Tsui:Homepage: https://www.bonnietsui.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/bonnietsui?lang=bn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonnietsui8/ 

To live deliberately as a swimmer means you are a seeker; a chaser of the oceans blue corduroy, a follower of river veins, journalist Bonnie Tsui writes in her book, Why We Swim. A lifelong swimmer whose parents met at a pool, Tsui interweaves her personal love of the sport with scientific research on the psychology and physicality of swimming. She shares stories of long-distance swimmers and breaks down the reasons we swim: for survival, well-being, community, competition and flow. We want to hear from you: why do you swim?

Jenny sits down with Kim, another new guest, who describes herself as having the opposite reading life from her host. From history to baseball, debut novels to space, we discuss books we've read and liked recently. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 217: Lesson Plan. Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Or listen via StitcherOr listen through Spotify Or listen through Google Podcasts Books discussed: Anthem by Deborah WilesIf or When I Call by Will JohnsonWhy We Swim by Bonnie TsuiWinter's Orbit by Everina MaxwellThe Chicken Runs at Midnight by Tom FriendOther mentions:Countdown by Deborah WilesRevolution by Deborah WilesNomadland (film)Nomadland by Jessica BruderThe Frozen Crown by Greta KellyBlueberries by Ellena SavageCurrently Reading PodcastLori & Julia Radio ShowThe PopcastSarah's Bookshelves PodcastWhat Should I Read Next? PodcastRelated episodes:Stalk us online: Kim at GoodreadsJenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterKim is @buckeyereaderbookclub on Instagram and @kboltz on LitsyJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy All links to books are through Bookshop.org, where I am an affiliate. I wanted more money to go to the actual publishers and authors. I link to Amazon when a book is not listed with Bookshop.

Bonnie Tsui is a journalist and the author of Why We Swim.“I am a self-motivated person. I really don’t like being told what to do. I’ve thought about this many times over the last 16 years that I’ve been a full-time freelancer... even though I thought my dream was to always and forever be living in New York, working in publishing, working at a magazine, being an editor, writing. When I was an editor, I kind of hated it. I just didn’t like being chained to a desk.” Thanks to Mailchimp for sponsoring this week's episode. Show notes: @bonnietsui bonnietsui.com 02:00 Why We Swim (Algonquin • 2020) 03:30 American Chinatown: A People's History of Five Neighborhoods (Tsui • Free Press • 2009) 10:30 The Deep (2012) 28:00 "With His Absence, My Artist Father Taught Me the Art of Vanishing" (Catapult • Feb 2019) 41:30 "After Fires, Napa and Sonoma Tourism Industry Is Getting Back on Its Feet" (New York Times • Oct 2017) 44:30 "Child Care: What — and Who — It Takes to Raise a Family" (California Sunday • July 2019) 49:00 "The Break: Female Big-Wave Surfers Prepare to Compete on Mavericks’s 50-Foot Waves for the First Time" (California Sunday • Aug 2018) 50:00 "Meet the Women Who Are Changing What it Means to be a Mom and a Professional Athlete" (Sports Illustrated • Dec 2019) 53:30 "You Are Doing Something Important When You Aren’t Doing Anything" (New York Times • June 2019) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Common to many cultures across the world, swimming appears on the surface to be a benign leisure activity. But in fact it has much to tell us about such things as the development of societies, our bodies and minds, and our relationship to our ancestors and the natural world. For the Ancient Greeks and Romans, swimming was essential for instilling discipline, as a necessary skill for warriors, and to promote wellbeing. In West Africa where water had spiritual significance, communities there placed great importance on learning to swim from an early age. Their aquatic skills surprised the early colonialists, who then targeted divers to help them plunder shipwrecks when they were trafficked to the New World. Today however African American children are almost six times more likely to drown than their white counterparts as a consequence of historic racial segregation, according to research by the US Centers for Disease Control. Rajan Datar is joined Professor Kevin Dawson from the University of California Merced, author of Undercurrents of Power: Aquatic Cultures in the African Diaspora; Mikael Rosén, swimmer, coach and author of Open Water: The History and Technique of Swimming; journalist Howard Means, author of Splash!: Ten Thousand Years of Swimming and writer Bonnie Tsui whose book Why we Swim was published in 2020. Produced by Fiona Clampin for the BBC World Service. [Photo: Young boys swim together at an inter-racial camp circa 1948 in New York, New York. Credit: Irving Haberman/IH Images/Getty Images]

Dan speaks to Bonnie Tsui about why we as humans can swim. Also, meet the deadly barracuda! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on the show we welcome friends from the world of television, film, comedy, music and literature.The always wonderful funnyman Alan Carr chats his brand new travel podcast 'Life's A Beach'.The hilarious Romesh Ranganathan joins us with news of series 3 of his smash hit Sky One Show 'Rob & Romesh Vs'.Foo Fighters legendary frontman Dave Grohl discusses their tenth studio album 'Medicine At Midnight'.And the brilliant acting prowess of Juno Temple talks about her latest Apple TV+ exclusive film 'Palmer'.Plus Rich Diviney, Angela Scanlon, Bonnie Tsui and Matt Hancock.You can catch Chris and the team live weekdays 6:30am-10am on Virgin Radio UK.Be sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear the highlights every week.Alan Carr - 00:53Romesh Ranganathan - 07:22Dave Grohl - 14:42Rich Diviney - 22:31Angela Scanlon - 29:48Juno Temple - 35:59Bonnie Tsui - 41:26Matt Hancock - 48:29 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Unlike other land mammals, humans are not natural-born swimmers. Our evolutionary ancestors learned for survival. Now it’s one of the most popular activities in the world. So why do we swim? What is it about water that seduces us despite its dangers?A lifelong swimmer reared by swimming parents, this week’s guest couldn’t shake this question. What she discovered is far more compelling than you might imagine.Bonnie Tsui (@bonnietsui) is an alumnus of Harvard University, where she did not swim but instead rowed crew—and graduated magna cum laude in English and American Literature and Language.In 2009, her book American Chinatown: A People’s History of Five Neighborhoods won the 2009-2010 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature and was a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller and Best of 2009 Notable Bay Area Books selection. She has been the recipient of the Lowell Thomas Gold Award for travel journalism and the Jane Rainie Opel Young Alumna Award at Harvard University. In 2017, she was awarded the 2017 Karola Saekel Craib Excellence in Food Journalism Fellowship by the San Francisco Chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier. She is also the recipient of a 2019 National Press Foundation Fellowship.A frequent contributor to The New York Times and California Sunday magazine, Bonnie’s latest book—and the focus of today’s conversation—is Why We Swim. Propelled by stories of Olympic champions, a Baghdad swim club that meets in Saddam Hussein’s palace pool, modern-day Japanese samurai swimmers, and even an Icelandic fisherman who improbably survives a wintry six-hour swim after a shipwreck, Bonnie dives into the deep, from the chilly San Francisco Bay to the South China Sea, investigating the ancestry and essence of water’s allure.Widely lauded, Why We Swim was named to TIME magazine’s list of 100 Must-Read Books of 2020. It’s also received praise from The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Los Angeles Times, NPR, Buzzfeed, Bustle, Booklist, Kirkus, and more. Beautifully written and completely immersive, it definitely ranks among my 2020 favorites—I couldn’t put it down.So let’s talk about it.This conversation is a love letter to swimming—a sport, lifestyle and obsession that Bonnie and I share.It’s a deconstruction of humanity’s relationship with the transformative power of water—an archeological dig that unearths mankind’s historic and fraught yet undeniably alluring connection with the sea.It’s about swimming as a means of survival.It’s about swimming as a conduit for well-being, competition, and community.It’s about the unique power of water—when combined with breath—to produce that elusive state called flow.But underneath it all, this is a conversation about why to be a swimmer is to be a seeker.The visually inclined can watch our exchange on YouTube. And as always, the podcast streams wild and free on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.It was an absolute delight to share space and passion with a woman who hopes, as Oliver Sacks writes in Water Babies, to “swim till I die.” I concur with that idea. This conversation sheds light on why.Peace + Plants,Listen, Watch & SubscribeApple Podcasts | YouTube | Spotify | Stitcher | Google PodcastsThanks to this week’s sponsors:Athletic Greens: 75 whole food sourced ingredients designed to optimize 5 key areas of health, Athletic Greens is the delicious daily habit that sets you up for a healthy future. I take the packets everywhere I go. So invest in your health without compromise! Go to: athleticgreens.com/richroll and claim your special offer today: 20 FREE travel packs valued at $79 with your first purchase.Whoop: The world’s most powerful fitness tracker. Get smarter about how you sleep, recover, and train, so you can unlock your best self. 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To learn more go to on-running.com/richroll, pick your favorite shoe or apparel piece and run in it for 30 days after which you can keep ‘em or return ‘em for a full refund no questions asked.SHOW NOTES:Connect with Bonnie: Website | Instagram | Twitter Book: Why We SwimStories: Bonnie TsuiTIME: The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020New York Times: Eat. Sleep. Swim. Repeat.New York Times: You Are Doing Something Important When You Aren’t Doing AnythingNew York Times: What Can We Learn From Swimmers of a Certain Age?New York Times: What I Miss Most Is SwimmingNPR: ‘Why We Swim’ Looks For Answers In People And Places Across The GlobeVogue: Why Swimming Might Be the Ideal Workout For These Fraught TimesSF Chronicle: ‘Why We Swim’ dives deeply into our relationship with waterLA Times: ‘Why We Swim’ dives into water’s transformative powerThe Guardian: Wild swimming is booming in the pandemic: ‘It is a lifelong education in facing down fear’Outside: Two New Books Explore Self-Powered TravelOutside: What We Think About When We’re SwimmingDate Book: Review: ‘Why We Swim’ dives deeply into our relationship with waterAlta: Talking with Bonnie TsuiThe Atlantic: Stories By Bonnie TsuiYouTube: Why We Swim with Bonnie TsuiI'm proud to announce my new book 'Voicing Change'. 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Jenny reports back on how she did on her 2020 reading goals in the midst of challenging circumstances, then sets goals for 2021. Then a handful of podcast and reading friends share their reading goals for 2021. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 210: 2021 Reading GoalsSubscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Or listen via StitcherOr listen through Spotify Or listen through Google Podcasts Jenny’s Goals Focus on reading Europe Catch up on books with music as a central theme Authors to try list Keep up with subscriptions Participate in challenges Audrey (@dreesreads in Instagram) Be more relaxedOne big non-fiction readBooker International long/shortlistNational Book Award Poetry LonglistContinue listening to audiobooksLaurie Pop Sugar 2021 Reading Challenge Back to the Classics 2021 Challenge (Books and Chocolate blog) Ellie (@shatterlings in Instagram)Russian classics Vassily Grossman buddy reads Scott  Emphasis on reading, continue checking off TBR Shakespeare plays Presidential biographies Courtney Read 40 booksRead 20 books she already owns Robin Be consistent about journaling about books read Slow down and be more reflective after finishing More classics, more Willa Cather, maybe Proust Authors around the world Read more from physical TBR Karen Naughton (@BarkerForBooks in Instagram)Complete reading Thomas Hardy, hopefully 1 book a monthPaula This year's theme will be nature books Books discussed: The Ensemble by Aja GabalMusical Chairs by Amy PoeppelThe Student Conductor by Robert FordMusic and Silence by Rose TremainSongbook by Nick HornbyGrace Notes by Bernard MacLavertyThe Forest of Wool and Steel by Natsu MiyashitaCompass by Mathias EnardWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyDevils by Fyodor DostoevskyCloud Atlas by David Mitchell Neverness by David Zindell The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Goodwin Wilson by A. Scott Berg A Full Life by Jimmy Carter Life in the Garden by Penelope Lively At Hawthorne Time by Melissa Harrison Station Life in New Zealand by Lady BarkerWhy We Swim by Bonnie Tsui Other mentions:Two Lines PressRestless BooksGraywolf Galley ClubND New ClassicsErin and Dani's Book Club on InstagramReadtheWorld21 in InstagramRainy Day Bites Cookbook ClubThe Free Black Women's Library on InstagramThe Free Black Women's LibraryStalk us online:Jenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy If you want to hear more from one of the guests who appeared on this episode, go to the episode guide and do a search. All links to books are through Bookshop.org, where I am an affiliate.

: Episode 1741 - On this Friday show, author and swimmer joins Vinnie to talk her book, Why We Swim, her experiences in the water, the history of traveling by water, story-telling, and more. We also wish a very Merry Christmas to all those celebrating! Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2020/12/why-we-swim-bonnie-tsui-episode-1741 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Bonnie's parents met because of swimming. However, that's about all they had in common -- the relationship ended in divorce. It was a perfect life until it wasn't. As a kid, it was all unspoken for her. Bonnie has always swam, and for decades, was a competitive swimmer. She hopes to swim forever. She also surfs, paddle boards, and more. Anything to get her in the water! Her husband is also a big swimmer. Some of her competitive, PR-setting swims, or particularly challenging swims are huge accomplishments. Growing up where Vinnie grew up, everyone needed to know how to swim as a survival skill. Vinnie took scuba classes when he had the chance. , which was a fascinating experience. Hunting your own food is an amazing and important experience. It's too easy to go to the grocery store. She has also studied the origin of swimming and water-travel. FAT DOC 2 IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER Please also share it with family and friends! Pre-order in on iTunes to get it to the top of the charts. We need it to get big for people to see it. Fat Doc 1 is also out Go watch it now! We need people to buy and review for it to stay at the top of iTunes pages. Available for both rental and purchase. You can also buy hardcopy or watch online at Amazon. YOU CAN NOW STREAM FOR FREE ON AMAZON PRIME IF YOU HAVE IT! RESOURCES Https://www.vinnietortorich.com Https://www.purevitaminclub.com Https://www.purevitaminclub.co.uk Https://www.purecoffeeclub.com Https://www.nsngfoods.com Https://www.bit.ly/fatdocumentary https://www.villacappelli.com https://www.belcampo.com https://www.bonnietsui.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Swim-Bonnie-Tsui/dp/1616207868

Bonnie Tsui is a journalist and longtime contributor to The New York Times. She is the author of American Chinatown, winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature and a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller. Her new book, Why We Swim, was published by Algonquin Books in April 2020; it was a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, a Boston Globe bestseller, and an L.A. Times Book Club pick and bestseller. Her first children’s book, Sarah & the Big Wave, about big-wave women surfers, will be published by Henry Holt for Young Readers in May 2021.How Do You Write Podcast: Explore the processes of working writers with bestselling author Rachael Herron. Want tips on how to write the book you long to finish? Here you'll gain insight from other writers on how to get in the chair, tricks to stay in it, and inspiration to get your own words flowing. Join Rachael's Slack channel, Onward Writers! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“Swimming is an antidote for the existential anxiety from which I suffer.” - Bonnie Tsui, Why We SwimIn this episode, Rachael searches for flow while in the pool (and on the page). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Here in Southern California – we love to swim. Whether it's at a pool or at the beach, we are drawn to the water. Competitive swimmer Bonnie Tsui, author of "Why We Swim," discusses the benefits of swimming. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui explores our relationship to swimming and water, from survival to wellness. We talk about swimming from Alcatraz Island to San Francisco, the power of blue spaces and why “rolling ocean waves” is such a popular track on Spotify. Follow Bonnie Tsui. Find us on Instagram. The show's theme is by Adam Wendler.

This is the thirty-sixth episode of "Talking with Authors" by HEC Media and HEC Books. We're a program dedicated to speaking with some of the best selling authors around, covering many different genres.Today, our author is award winning writer, Bonnie Tsui. We spoke with her via Zoom in June of 2020 about her recent book “Why We Swim” by publisher Algonquin Books. Bonnie Tsui is a frequent contributor to The New York Times and California Sunday Magazine and has previously written a book about some of the “Chinatowns” that are around the US. In her newest offering, however, she’s focusing on humans and their relationship to the water. She’s the daughter of two swimmers and grew up being a competitive swimmer herself.“Why We Swim” takes a look at the stories of a wide range of people from swimmers of all types around the world and goes into the reasons why they…and other humans…seem to have an innate attachment to the water. We’ll go deeper into the subject of people and their draw to H20 in our conversation with award winning writer Bonnie Tsui on this edition Talking With Authors from HEC Media and HEC Books.Here’s our host and interviewer this time, Angie Weidinger.HEC Media is a production company out of St. Louis, Missouri. With the help of independent bookstore Left Bank Books and St. Louis County Library, we are able to sit down with these amazing writers and thought leaders to discuss their work, their inspiration, and what makes them special. You can watch video versions of most of our interviews at hecmedia.org.Host and producer of this episode - Angie WeidingerVideo Editing - Peter FoggyGraphics - Gregg KoppSupervising Producer - Julie WinkleProduction Support - Christina ChastainHEC Media Executive Director - Dennis RiggsTalking with Authors Podcast Executive Producer - Christina ChastainPodcast Audio Editing - Ben SmithPodcast Producer - Rod MilamPodcast Host - Rod MilamSpecial thanks to Surf Simply, St. Louis County Library, and Left Bank BooksYou can follow us on all social media platforms. Just search for "Talking with Authors":Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/talkingwithauthorsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkingwithauthorsTwitter: https://twitter.com/TalkingwAuthors

Berkeley author Bonnie Tsui reads a passage from her new book, "Why We Swim." It's about how she first fell in love with the water.

Bonnie Tsui joins us on the GrottoPod this week to read an excerpt from her latest book, "Why We Swim." The book, published in April, offers cultural and scientific exploration of our human relationship with water and swimming. Tsui is a journalist, a longtime contributor to the New York Times, and the author of "American Chinatown," the winner of the Asia/Pacific American Award for Literature and a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller. She lives, swims, and surfs in the San Francisco Bay Area. "Why We Swim" was an Editor's Choice/Staff pick in The New York Times Book Review, which called it "an enthusiastic and thoughtful work mixing history, journalism, and elements of memoir."

This month Vicki and Hunter are joined by Chas Hamilton with a story about a charity which helps prevent drowning in Cambodia, which is the leading cause of childhood death in that country. An RNLI beach lifeguard shares some tips on how to stay safe on the beach and answers some questions about what to do if you get into trouble. We also tell the amazing story of Guðlaugur Friðþórsson an Icelandic fisherman who survived after his trawler capsizes, with extracts taken from the book "Why I Swim" by Bonnie Tsui. Plus Mikey Tees shares the story of a very special relay swim across the English Channel.

Episode One Hundred Ten Show Notes – Episode 110 GIVEAWAY –The Best New True Crime Stories: Small Towns – edited by Mitzi SzeretoIf I Never Find You – Mhairi McFarlaneThe Deep – Alma Katsu Mexican Gothic – Silvia Moreno-GarciaTo be entered to win please subscribe to our email newsletter here. We will choose the winner on August 21, 2020.– Currently Reading –A House is a Body – Shruti Swamy (EF)Forever Amber – Kathleen Winsor (CW)– Just Read –The Jane Austen Society – Natalie Jenner (EF)Eat Joy: Stories & Comfort Food from 31 Celebrated Writers – edited Natalie Eve Garrett (EF)Intimations: Six Essays – Zadie Smith (EF)Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry – Imani Perry (CW)(audio)Anxious People – Fredrik Backman (EF) release date September 8, 2020– Biblio Adventures – Emily had a Couch Biblio Adventure watching Bonnie Tsui, author of Why We Swim, the book choice for the La Times Book Club. The conversation included Lynne Cox, author of Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer. You can watch the event here.Our plans to attend the Schomburg Center event hosting Isabel Wilkerson author of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents and The Warmth of Other Suns were interrupted by a tropical storm. Thankfully it was recorded, you can watch the recording here. Chris also listened to Wilkerson’s interview on the NY Times Book review Podcast. You can listen to the episode here.– Upcoming Jaunts –We are going on a joint jaunt to the Hachette Book Club Brunch. It will be virtual this year. Join us on Saturday, October 17 from 10:30–1:00. You can purchase tickets here.August 18th at 7:30 via the Brooklyn Historical Society, Women + Power: Body Power with Jennifer Finney Boylan and Tressie McMillan Cottom. You can purchase tickets here. August 20th at 8:00 Yaa Gyasi in conversation with Roxane Gay discussing her book Transcendent Kingdom via Pen America series. You can purchase tickets here.– Upcoming Reads –Sea Wife – Amity Gaige (EF)Betty – Tiffany McDaniel (EF)From Here to Eternity – James Jones (CW)– Author Spotlight with Caroline Leavitt – We chat about her new book With or Without You. Follow Caroline and her book tour here. Check out A Mighty Blaze for information about new release books and author tricks of the trade here.– Also Mentioned –Book by Book 2020 Big Book SummerGone with the Wind – Margaret MitchellCher Ami and Major Whittlesey – Kathleen RooneyPersuasion – Jane AustenJames BaldwinNina SimoneMalcolm XLangston HughesW.E.B. DuboisMolly Malone Cook A Man Called Ove – Fredrik BackmanThick: And Other Essays – Tressie McMillan CottomFrom Here to Eternity movieJohn Irving

Sophie, Dom, and Courtney discuss our July DRBC read, Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui. Listen in to find out what we liked, what we disliked, and what we wanted to see a bit more of. Plus, hear our recommendations for continued reading!Dandy Roll Book Club is a monthly book subscription box created to inspire conversation. Join us today!Media Mentioned:Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga TokarczukIt’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, S6E5, Mac and Charlie: White TrashSharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong WashburnBathing Suits Over Baghdad by Bonnie TsuiA Rape On Campus from Rolling Stone Staff RecommendationsSophie – The Empathy Exams by Leslie JamisonDom – The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel EhrlichCourtney – Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel BeanlandWhat We're ReadingSophie – East of West by Jonathan Hickman and Running Up That Hill by Kate BushDom – Guy by Steve Earle and There Will Be Blood by Paul Thomas Anderson, based on Oil! by Upton Sinclair Courtney – Temporary by Hilary Leichter Music by Adrian Walther

Why We Swim Leigh Martinuzzi · 931 Bonnie Tsui – Why We Swim I love swimming and was super excited when Bonnie Publicist reached out for me to have her on the show. As a passionate swimmer, Bonnie became curious about why we swim and how this fascination for swimming is now one of the … Continue reading 931 Bonnie Tsui – Why We Swim

Why We Swim I love swimming and was super excited when Bonnie Publicist reached out for me to have her on the show. As a passionate swimmer, Bonnie became curious about why we swim and how this fascination for swimming is now one of the most popular activities in the world. While our evolutionary ancestors learned to swim for survival many of us now swim for pleasure, and others for exercise and healing. The pure joy of swimming I find rather meditative. In this interview, we discuss Bonnie's curiosity into our love for swimming and the many associated benefits. Guest Bio. Bonnie Tsui is the author of the new book WHY WE SWIM. A journalist and longtime contributor to The New York Times, she is also the author of AMERICAN CHINATOWN, the winner of the Asia/Pacific American Award for Literature and a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller. She lives, swims, and surfs in the San Francisco Bay Area. WHY WE SWIM is a cultural and scientific exploration of our human relationship with water and swimming. Published in April 2020, it was excerpted in The New York Times Sunday Review, and has received praise from The New York Times Book Review ("An enthusiastic and thoughtful work mixing history, journalism, and elements of memoir"), NPR's Weekend Edition (“Bonnie Tsui reminds us that humankind once sprang from and still seeks water… An amazing story”), The San Francisco Chronicle ("Succeeds brilliantly… deepens from informative and entertaining to transcendent and moving"), Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, and Booklist, who called it "eloquent, fascinating, and gripping." It was named a best book of the season by Amazon, Buzzfeed, Bustle, and more.

If you've been swimming since you were a child, you probably don't think too much about it anymore. But when you take a step back, the human act of swimming is a pretty interesting thing. You weren't born knowing how to swim; it's not instinctual. So why are people so naturally drawn to water? And what do we get out of paddling around in it? My guest today explores these questions in her book Why We Swim. Her name is Bonnie Tsui, and we begin our conversation today with how humans are some of the few land animals that have to be taught how to swim, and when our ancestors first took to the water. We then discuss how peoples who have made swimming a primary part of their culture, have evolved adaptations that have made them better at it. We discuss how swimming can be both psychically and physically restorative and how it can also bring people together, using as an example a unique community of swimmers which developed during the Iraq War inside one of Saddam Hussein's palaces. We also talk about the competitive element of swimming, and how for thousands of years it was in fact a combat skill, and even took the form of a martial art, called samurai swimming, in Japan. We end our conversation with how swimming can facilitate flow, and some of the famous philosophers and thinkers who tuned the currents of their thoughts while gliding through currents of water. Get the show notes at aom.is/whyweswim.

MPR News program director Steph Curtis stopped by for a mid-summer edition of “The Five,” where she recommends things to read, listen and experience this week.   Read: “Why We Swim” from Bonnie Tsui is about the science, culture and history of swimming. It had Curtis annoying her family with swimming facts and tales, such as the first cave painting of people swimming and how swimming became a competitive sport. Finishing the book inspired Curtis to swim across Lake Nokomis and back through the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board’s Open Swim Club. Listen: For soothing, seasonal tunes, look no further than the Texas-based trio Khruangbin. Their music is perfect for a night spent sitting out on the porch. Play: The pandemic has canceled a lot of activities this spring and summer, but King of Tokyo is a board game that is easy to play with whoever you happen to be quarantining — kids included!  Watch: The Robert Redford movie “Quiz Show” came out in the ‘90s, but Curtis says it stands the test of time. The film depicts the game show fixing scandal from the 1950s. Bonus: If a romantic drama is more your speed, Kerri Miller recommends watching the Hulu series “Normal People,” which is based on Sally Rooney’s novel of the same name.  Reflect: Feeling stressed out? Researchers at Harvard have some advice for managing the myriad little things that can add up to a stressful day. Learn more by reading their article “Don’t Let Micro-Stresses Burn You Out.”  To listen to the full conversation you can use the audio player above.Subscribe to the MPR News with Kerri Miller podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts , Spotify or RSS

Bonnie Tsui’s mom actually reached out to me after seeing me on and suggested I interview her daughter! Turns out, Bonnie wrote a fantastic, thought-provoking book recently called Why We Swim, a perfect book for these summer months. Part-memoir and part-investigative journalism, Why We Swim will make anyone long for the blood-pressure-lowering effects of staying underwater. Bonnie is a native New Yorker, Harvard University graduate where she rowed crew and snowboarded, a frequent contributor to The New York Times and California Sunday magazine, a live storyteller, author, and surfer. Bonnie's parents met in a swimming pool in Hong Kong, which is just so fitting. Her book is absolutely fascinating - a personal, cultural, scientific, and journalistic exploration of the human relationship with water and swimming. Bonnie explained how we're wired to respond to water and the psychological benefits of being around and in water for our mental health. I think you'll want to take a swim after listening.

Episode One Hundred Five Show Notes We are excited to announce that we are now an affiliate of Libro.fm audiobook platform: Listeners can receive three months for the price of one. Follow this link to learn more. (promo code: bookcougars)– 14th Readalong discussion– Convenience Store Woman – Sayaka Murata (translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori) The discussion will drop on August 4 via Episode 108, please get questions/comments to us by July 31. The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE.– Currently Reading –Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts – Kate Racculia (CW)Last Day – Luanne Rice (EF)How To Be an Antiracist – Ibram X. Kendi (CW)My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies – Resmaa Menakem (CW) My Sister the Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite (CW)(audio)– Just Read –The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships – Harriet Lerner (EF)(audio) Chris is spending time with the magazines Fine Books & CollectionsThe Lions of Fifth Avenue – Fiona Davis (EF) release date August 4, 2020The Book of V. – Anna Solomon (EF)– Biblio Adventures –Emily browsed inside Savoy Bookstore & Café in Westerly, RI. She picked up a copy of Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui. Chris was able to go to Guilford Free Library for a curb side pick-up!Chris attended two virtual events: Irene Butter discussing her book Shores Beyond Shores with Donna Apidone via CapRadio Reads. You can watch the conversation here.Erica Ruth Neubaur in conversation with Juliet Grames, discussing her book Murder at Mena House through Bank Square Books. Read Chris’s review here.Emily enjoyed several episodes of Brené Brown’s podcast, Unlocking Us, including a two-part conversation with Harriet Lerner, author of Why Won’t You Apologize?: Healing Big Betrayals and Everyday Hurts and Ibram X. Kendi, author of How To Be an Antiracist. Brené Brown is the author of Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone.Emily listened to and recommends Episode 129 of Terrible, Thanks for Asking with Nora Borealis – Policing and Racial Trauma with Angela Davis.– Upcoming Jaunts –June 25 at 7pm – Chris will be attending a virtual event through RJ Julia Booksellers Richie Jackson author of Gay Like Me in conversation with Matthew Reimer author of We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation.Chris and Emily are heading on a joint jaunt to the Guilford Free Library for an outdoor fair featuring new book releases. Watch the video of our adventure here.– Upcoming Reads –Home Before Dark – Riley Sager (CW)The Last Flight – Julie Clark (EF)– Book of the Month Club –In order to get your first month at the discounted rate of $9.99 go to www.bookofthemonth.com and use promo code: bookcougars.The June Book of the Month Club picks are:The Vanishing Half – Brit BennettHome Before Dark – Riley SagerA Burning – Megha MujumdarOne to Watch – Kate Stayman-LondonThe Last Flight – Julie Clark– Also Mentioned –Book By Book BlogUrban Trauma: A Legacy of Racism – Dr. Maysa AkbarTrue Grit – Charles PortisThe Goldfinch – Donna TarttThe Dance of Intimacy – Harriet LernerThe New YorkerMadeline MillerThe Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella FortunaPurchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle!We are an affiliate of Bank Square Books and Savoy Bookstore & Café. Please purchase books from them and support us at the same time. Click HERE to start shopping.If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email bookcougars@gmail.com for instructions.Join our Goodreads Group! We have a BookTube Channel – please check it out here, and be sure to subscribe!Please subscribe to our email newsletter here.

Bonnie Tsui discusses her book, “Why We Swim,”  which examines the human need for moving in water, from the history of swim strokes, to how physiology plays a role in swimming, to the history of swimming from ancient times in the Sahara to Rome and to the present, and how swimming became a sport. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky. Bonnie Tsui lives in the Bay Area and swims regularly at the Albany Pool, when it's open, and also swims in San Francisco Bay. She is also the author of American Chinatown: A People's History of Five Neighborhoods. In the interview she discusses some of the topics in her book, and how the pandemic has affected Asian Americans. Recorded using internal Mac microphones on the zencastr website. Bonnie Tsui portrait photo: copyright Lindsay Skiba. By permission of the publisher. The post Bonnie Tsui: “Why We Swim” appeared first on KPFA.

Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky. Announcements. The Playground is presenting, in honor of Black Lives Matter, a Juneteenth Theatre Justice Project: Polar Bears, Black Boys & Prairie Fringed Orchids by Vincent Terrell Durham, June 19th at 7 pm. Via Zoom On Demand. Co-sponsored by 30 companies, including Berkeley Rep, Marin Theatre Company, Custom Made Theatre, Cal Shakes, Cutting Ball, etc. Bay Area Book Festival. Coming Together fundraiser from March with Viet Thanh Nguyen, Anthony Doerr and and RO Kwon now streaming as a benefit; available free in the future. The Booksmith lists its entire June on-line schedule of interviews and readings on their website, which includes Lockdown Lit every Tuesday at 11 am. Book Passage author interviews: Elizabeth George, Saturday June 20 at 4 pm and Jason and Paris Rosenthal Sunday June 21 at 4 pm. Registration required. Theatre Rhino Thursday play at 8 pm June 11, 2020 on Facebook Live is Wahoo, conceived and performed by John Fisher,on Facebook Live. and Lavender Scare can be streamed through the KALW website.   Shotgun Players. Streaming: Arcadia by Tom Stoppard, 2018 production. The Claim, workshop production. June 20, 2020, 5 pm via Zoom, podcast. San Francisco Playhouse. Thursday June 18, 7 pm Artistic Director Bill English interviews Michael Gene Sullivan. Every Monday, SF Playhouse presents Zoomlets, a series of short play table reads. Monday June 22, 7 pm: The Jewish Wife by Bertolt Brecht, with Susi Damilano and Anthony Fusco, directed by Carey Perloff. Kepler's Books presents Refresh the Page, on line interviews and talks, June 18th, 6:30 featuring Neil Shubin with Kishore Hari. Robert Reich Tuesday June 23rd at 8 pm, American Conservatory Theatre (ACT) presents Take Ten, a series of six ten-minute interactive theatre games for adults and children. National Theater At Home on You Tube: Small Island. Bookwaves: Judy Juanita, author of the novel “Virgin Soul,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky, recorded spring, 2013. Judy Juanita is a poet, novelist and playwright. In her younger days, as Judy Hart, while at San Francisco State, she served as editor in chief of The Black Panther newspaper, and lived in one of the Black Panther safe houses in 1967. Along the way she came to know such figures as Bobby Seale and Huey Newton. In 2013, her first novel, Virgin Soul, was published. It's a fictionalized memoir of her life in the black student movement and with the Panthers. This interview, recorded recorded in the spring of 2013, goes into detail about her life during the Panther days, about the relationship of the book to actual history, and about Judy Juanita's life after the Panthers. Since 2013, Judy Juanita has continued to write and teach Her collection of essays, DeFacto Feminism: Essays Straight Outta Oakland was published in 2016, and she recently had a story published in the collection Oakland Noir. Judy Juanita recently completed a second novel. Extended podcast. Bookwaves: Bonnie Tsui discusses her book, Why We Swim, which examines the human need for moving in water, from the history of swim strokes, to how physiology plays a role in swimming, to the history of swimming from ancient times in the Sahara to Rome and to the present, and how swimming became a sport. Bonnie Tsui lives in the Bay Area and swims regularly at the Albany Pool, when it's open, and also swims in San Francisco Bay. She is also the author of American Chinatown: A People's History of Five Neighborhoods. In the interview she discusses some of the topics in her book, and how the pandemic has affected Asian Americans. Recorded using internal Mac microphones on the zencastr website. Extended 34-minute podcast. Bonnie Tsui portrait photo: copyright Lindsay Skiba. By permission of the publisher. The post Bookwaves/Artwaves – June 18, 2020: Judy Juanita – Bonnie Tsui appeared first on KPFA.

Imagine swimming and surviving from Alcatraz? Done. Imagine having swimmer's itch on your wedding day? Done. Finally imagine rich stories and engaging conversations answering one question... "Why We Swim," is the book and author Bonnie Tsui will talk about some of the stories inside when she goes Beyond the Mic with Sean Dillon. Beyond the Mic with Sean Dillon is the conversation series where actors, artists, authors, and more go deeper than a traditional interview. They go “Beyond the Mic”.

Eric Jensen of Brigham Young Univ on space race. Bonnie Tsui on "Why We Swim." Tim Jackson, Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity, on ecological economies. Wendy Greene of Drexel Univ and the Washington and Lee Univ School of Law on hair discrimination. Brenda Barnette of the Los Angeles Department of Animal Services on pet panic. Rachel Wadham of Worlds Awaiting on books with military families.

Episode 157 - Writer Bonnie Tsui discusses her new book Why We Swim, plus we dive into the most unusual and beautiful places to swim and the most iconic swimmers.    Bonnie discusses the basic human need to swim (often in the coldest of water) and we add to the list of 1000 Places To Swim Before You Die.

To celebrate REI's 82nd anniversary and our Anniversary Sale, we asked some past guests to share their favorite stories about being in the great outdoors. Escape with Sal Masekela, Chris McDougall, Bonnie Tsui and more as they share stories about close encounters with wildlife, trips gone awry and the power of being outside.What is your favorite memory of being in the great outdoors? We want to hear it! Share your story on social media with the tag #REImember. Episodes to listen to:Sal MasekelaChris McDougall, Natural Born HeroesChris McDougall, Running with DonkeysBonnie TsuiChris FaganChris CoteSteve BramucciBrian KeaulanaConnect with guests:Sal MasekelaInstagramChris McDougallWebsiteRunning with ShermanBonnie TsuiWebsiteBen MoonWebsiteBookInstagramChris FaganWebsiteBookChris CotePodcastSteve BramucciWebsite

Bonnie Tsui - Why We Swim...with TRE's Dave Hodgson

Described as "a love letter to water," Berkeley author Bonnie Tsui's new book "Why We Swim" takes a deep dive into the history, science and pleasures of swimming and its impact on her life.

Bonnie Tsui is a journalist and author of the new book "Why We Swim"

Bonnie Tsui explains that humans are the only mammals who aren't born knowing how to swim. But swimming can feel like a rebirth for us. Melissa Ilardo, of Univ of Utah and Berkeley, studies nomadic divers whose lungs have evolved to allow them to hunt on the sea floor.

Sarah and Dimity jump into a conversation with Bonnie Tsui, an avid swimmer and surfer and author of a new book entitled Why We Swim. The water-loving trio talks about: -the brain-wave-changing effects of swimming; -advice for adults who want to learn to swim or be comfortable around water; -practical breathing tips; -the ins-and-outs of Masters swimming; and, -the pure joy of swimming! Funny cake tales from the duo in the intro chitchat; the guest hops in at 17:01. When you shop our sponsors, you help AMR. We appreciate your--and their--support! Let Cook Smarts plan your dinners: Get 20% off with code AMR20 at cooksmarts.com/amr Make learning about STEAM fun: Go to kiwico.com/amr and get your first month FREE! Take your running to the next level with BeetElite: Get 20% off your first purchase at livehuman.com/amr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get the book: https://amzn.to/3bnRDYs Award winning Journalist and author of the new book Why We Swim, Bonnie Tsui, spends some time with me to discuss a major dream of both of ours right now: swimming in kiddie pools. All jokes aside Bonnie tells me about the beauty of swimming in open water and when is the best time to truly experience nature in that setting. She tells me about how people who have a fear of water can overcome that fear and find the bliss she talks about in the new book. Before we move on, Bonnie shares an experience she had during her writing process when she went through the whole process of free diving for food through preparing and eating a meal with her family from that food. Bonnie tells me a little about the theme of her book: how we find peace in the water and its affect on our brains. We discuss the idea that sometimes our intuition leads to interesting and revelatory research topics in science. Along those lines we head down a rabbit-hole to discuss the therapeutic benefits of psychedelics. Which leads us back to the cognitive benefits of being able to shut your brain off while you're in the pool. In the last part of my chat with Bonnie we continue our talk about sensory deprivation and it's effects on our ability to relax. Bonnie shares with me her one, somewhat painful, experience with mindfulness practice at a nearby Buddhist temple. We continue to discuss the idea that turning your brain off can actually lead you to be more mindful and more productive. Before we head off into the season 2 question: what is the purpose of sport? Bonnie tells me about how she is seemingly able to jump into so many different writing genres effectively including how she has written an intriguing and effective children's story.

Peggy Orenstein is the New York Times bestselling author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Waiting for Daisy, Flux, and Schoolgirls. A contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, she has been published in USA Today, Parenting, Salon, the New Yorker, and other publications, and has contributed commentary to NPR's All Things Considered. She lives in Northern California with her husband and daughter. Today's episode is brought to you by Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui, out now from Algonquin Books, and Skylight Frames. As a special holiday offer for Just the Right Book listeners, you can get $10 off your purchase of a Skylight Frame when you go to SkylightFrame/BOOK and enter the code BOOK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fremont has been using boulders to block parking near Tesla, and RV residents who call the area their home have had to find another place to go. Then, some singles are missing sex and intimacy during the shutdown. Plus, we continue our "New Arrivals" series with a reading from "Why We Swim" by Berkeley author Bonnie Tsui.

Bonnie Tsui joins us to talk about her amazing new book “Why We Swim”. Ru talks about steering Surf Simply through the Coronavirus crisis and Will examines what we might learn about surfboard design from Formula 1 cars. Plus all the usual chat and nonsense, and what to watch while you're stuck indoors.

Unlike most other animals, humans have to be taught to swim, and yet many of us feel an irresistible pull to the water. There’s something about submerging ourselves that makes us feel very much alive—even as we enter an environment where the risk of death is suddenly all around us. (That’s why the lifeguard is watching.) In her new book, Why We Swim, journalist Bonnie Tsui explores how this unique sport rekindles the survival instincts we inherited from our ancestors, heals some of our deepest wounds, and connects us with a wider community even as we stroke silently alongside each other. In this episode, Tsui guides us through the remarkable tales of an Icelandic fisherman forced to swim for his life, an athlete who found new life by diving into the ocean, and a swim club that sprung up in the middle of a war zone.

Take the plunge into an episode on all things aquatic with Bonnie Tsui, whose new book, Why We Swim, dives into swimming history while offering poetic contemplation on the nature of this physical pursuit. The incredible characters in this book—including an Icelandic fisherman who defied death in the ice-cold sea, a Bay Area-based open water marathoner Kim Chambers, Olympic sprinting phenom Dara Torres, and practitioners of the Japanese nihon eiho tradition—provide the jumping off points for this discursive chat between Tsui and co-host Susie Gerhard.

Everyone likes a good news — and we're delighted to include some today. Our guest is Bonnie Tsui, a journalist, author and Alta contributor. In our Winter 2020 Issue, Bonnie reports on a program in the Monterey peninsula that offers safe parking lots to homeless people living in their cars. She’s here today to discuss that program—and to provide an update on one of the people profiled in her article. Bonnie author of the award-winning American Chinatown; her next book, Why We Swim, will be published by Algonquin Books in April 2020. Previously for Alta, Bonnie wrote about fighting California’s wildfires from the sky.

This week on The Easy Chair, it's Mightier Than the Sword, with my wonderful co-host Steph Spaulding. We're both back at work in the classroom, and…drum roll, please…so far, we are DOING A-OKAY. Steph's got a new approach that she shares with us that involves the word joyful, and I'm teaching in what just might be the best school in the world, with the most aspirational group of young writers imaginable. We talk about teaching and dress codes and swearing, and also review a couple of books we've read- Steph's is American Chinatown: A People's History of Five Neighborhoods by Bonnie Tsui, which I'm putting in this blurb because she couldn't recall the title and author on the podcast. Anyway, it's a fun catch-up, and I hope you'll tune in! This week's sponsor is Brooklinen. Luxury sheets without the middleman- and the luxury markup! Fall is the perfect time to give your home a posh linen makeover. Head on over to www.Brooklinen.com and enter promo code chair for 10% off your first order…and free shipping! These really are the best sheets ever. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

CalFire's aerial firefighting fleet is the largest of its kind in the world. Today’s guest, award-winning and best-selling author Bonnie Tsui, reported for Alta on the men and women who battle California wildfires from the sky. These first responders, many who fight fires in their own communities, face unique and complex challenges—challenges that are only growing as California deals with our new reality of the mega fire. Bonnie’s work has appeared in the New York Times, California Sunday, Outside, the Atlantic, and many more.  

Bonnie Tsui’s essay “You Are Doing Something Important When You Aren’t Doing Anything,” was one of the most shared stories from the New York Times on the weekend it was published earlier this summer. Bonnie’s theory behind the importance of lying fallow is one everyone can apply to their lives. Down time, or time spent not doing anything we usually think of as “productive,” is valuable. It’s in this time that we can refuel, find inspiration, solve problems, and so much more.

In this leadership podcast episode, let's get real about our productivity-driven hustle culture. To be an effective leader and work smarter not harder, we look to nature for a few best practices.  Overworked and Under-Rested Many of the leaders I work with are burning their candles at both ends. They overwork to overproduce, and eventually, they become shortsighted in their problem-solving. This is not intentional; it's more often a self-preservative effort to maximize production. Creating Marginal Space If we're going to be present and bring our best selves to problem-solving, we must create some marginal white space in our routines. This will afford us greater creativity and collaboration with our co-workers and family. Nature's Call If you find yourself with less and less to offer in the face of increasing demand, nature is calling. Maybe you need to give the land a rest. I'm not talking about vacation. Vacation often becomes just another expression of hustle culture as we attempt to compensate for lost time with family and friends. I'm talking about sabbatical. Warning: Disruption Ahead Let me warn you kindly. What I am recommending will be so disruptive that you may find yourself disoriented. We're so slanted toward our high-productivity hustle culture that any resistance to that mindset will not be well tolerated. What Hustle Culture Has Taught Us A recent op-ed piece in the New York Times by Bonnie Tsui, You Are Doing Something Important When You Aren't Doing Anything, referenced a viral LinkedIn article by Ian Sohn, president of digital marketing agency Wunderman Chicago. Sohn wrote in defense of his vision for a healthier, more humanistic workplace: “I never need to know that you are working from home today because you simply need the silence. I deeply resent how we've infantilized the workplace. How we feel we have to apologize for having lives. How constant connectivity/availability (or even the perception of it) has become a valued skill.” Letting the Land Rest The ground of your mind, your will, and your emotions need a rest. Nature screams the truth that overworking a piece of land results in steady declines in productivity. Keys to Success Be kind to yourself. Start gently with a one-day disconnect. A lengthy sabbatical may be too disruptive if you've never intentionally rejected your productivity mindset. Don't make this about compensating for lost time in other areas of relationship. Don't exchange productivity in one area for productivity in another. Make some room for silence. This is not easy amid excessive technoference. Working through short periods of intentional silence is incredibly restorative. Again, be kind to yourself. Don't attempt a three-day silent retreat if you've never gone more than an hour without noise. Start with thirty minutes. Radical Resistance One of my favorite observers of life, Walter Brueggemann, says that sabbath is an act of radical resistance. Observe how quickly your proclivity toward productivity surfaces when you begin to create some space between you and your productive bent. It will attack like a jilted lover! Keep It Simple You don't have to create an extravagant plan for a sabbatical, but intentionality is critical to your process. Take a day and go hike. Sit by a stream. Treat yourself to a long meal. Tell Me Your Story If you engage in this radical act of resistance, I'd love to hear your story. Contact me through any of the available channels listed below. Tiffany Taylor and the team at Sparkit Marketing in Los Angeles help me look better than I probably am. They maintain and develop all my collateral material for these podcasts, including my social media presence. If you need help getting your message heard, contact Tiffany at tiffany@sparkitmarket.com or 323-371-1292.  Until next time, lead well! Bill   Episode Credits:  If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment. He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com.

Today on the Spiritual Spiral Podcast, I talk about our culture's insatiable desire or the expectation to have to always be "on." Everywhere I look, people holding their phones, always available or wanting to capture every waking moment of their lives to share on IG. It's creating a culture where people feel as though they always have to look happy or people think they have to be available 24/7. I also discuss a new article that came out in The New York Times by Bonnie Tsui called You are doing something important when you aren't doing anything. As always thanks for listening to the show. Next week I welcome Menachem Silverstein to the show.

On this week’s show, Shireen, Amira, Brenda, and Jessica talk about playoffs and their feelings (9:22). Then the team discusses Kaepernick, Nike, capitalism, and activism (24:19). After a discussion on the colonization of surfing (34:38), Shireen interviews author Bonnie Tsui about race and gender in the sport (46:11). Of course, you’ll hear the Burn Pile (56:55), our Bad Ass Woman of the Week, starring the US Women’s National Softball team (59:00), and what is good in our worlds (1:03:10). To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/burn-it-all-down For more info check our website: http://www.burnitalldownpod.com Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/

Bonnie Tsui tells us about the lives of the women who ride giant waves. Asher judges at the Quintal Loggerhead Classic. Will talks backwards bicycles and neuroplasticity. Plus: drawing iconic board schematics, Harry's hit parade, world title news and what to watch.

President Trump's announcement via Twitter that transgender personnel would no longer be allowed to serve in the US armed forces provides an excellent opportunity to take a look at the history of female and trans soldiers who have fought in past US wars. Most people would be surprised to learn that there are over 100 documented cases of women who served in the Confederate and Union armies during the Civil War. In this episode, we look at the story of Albert Cashier, possibly the best known transgender soldier in US history who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. It's a remarkable story that provides us with some important historical perspective on the current #TransBan debate.  Among the many things we discuss:  Who was Albert Cashier? How did he manage to serve in the Union Army for 3 years without anyone suspecting that he was born in Ireland with the name Jenny Hodgers. How Cashier maintained his male identity for more than 40 years, only to have his “secret” discovered near the end of his life. How when word got out about Cashier’s birth identity, the U.S. Pension Bureau considered revoking his pension, but opted to maintain it when they determined that Hodgers and Cashier were one in the same. Further Reading De Anne Blanton and Lauren M. Cook, They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the Civil War (2003). Lon Dawson, Also Known as Albert D. J. Cashier: The Jennie Hodgers Story, or How One Young Irish Girl Joined the Union Army During the Civil War (2005) Bonnie Tsui, She Went to the Field: Women Soldiers of the Civil War (2003) Music for This Episode Jay Graham, ITPL Intro (JayGMusic.com) Kevin McCleod, “Impact Moderato” (Free Music Archive) Hyson, “Traces” (Free Music Archive) Hefferman, “Discovery” (Free Music Archive) Hefferman, “Winter Trek” (Free Music Archive) The Bell, “I Am History” (Free Music Archive) Production Credits Executive Producer: Lulu Spencer Technical Advisors: Holly Hunt and Jesse Anderson Podcasting Consultant: Darrell Darnell of Pro Podcast Solutions Photographer: John Buckingham Graphic Designer: Maggie Cellucci Website by: ERI Design Legal services: Tippecanoe and Tyler Too Social Media management: The Pony Express Risk Assessment: Little Big Horn Associates Growth strategies: 54 40 or Fight © Snoring Beagle International, 2017

This week on StoryWeb: Laird Hunt’s novel Neverhome. Last week’s StoryWeb episode featured Mary Chesnut’s Civil War, a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of the Confederacy. This week, I am delighted to share Laird Hunt’s 2014 novel, Neverhome, a very rare look at the Civil War from the point of view of one of the 400 women who disguised themselves as male soldiers. Neverhome comes as a refreshing new take on a subject we all think we know: the Civil War. Hunt, a graduate of the MFA program at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, and a faculty member in the University of Denver’s creative writing program, has written several other laudable novels, among them Indiana, Indiana, and Kind One. But with Neverhome, he hit it out of the park. The book was quite favorably reviewed in the Sunday Book Review of the New York Times, being named as an Editor’s Choice. His protagonist/narrator is Gallant Ash, AKA Constance Thompson. Before the Civil War, Constance is living in rural Indiana, married to Bartholomew Thompson. As the novel unfolds through flashbacks, we learn that theirs is a marriage of two gender-ambiguous individuals. Certainly, neither meets the stereotype of what a “real man” or a “true woman” should be according to 19th-century ideals. Bartholomew is gentle and soft, where Constance is the firm leader in their marriage and most definitely the one who would head out to war. As Constance/Ash says, Bartholomew was “made out of wool and I was made out of wire.” As the war gets underway, Constance enlists, taking the name of Ash. In a memorable scene near the beginning of the novel, he/she is dubbed “Gallant Ash” and is known by that moniker for the remainder of his service in the Union Army. When I read Neverhome, the story definitely drew me in. Would Gallant Ash pass as a male soldier? How would he/she handle physical necessities? And how would his/her courage stand the trials of the war? Adding to my interest in the novel was the fact that it is modeled loosely on Homer’s Odyssey. As I became aware of that structural element, I began to look for the ways Hunt would play on that epic of a warrior trying to make his way home. But to me, Gallant Ash’s voice was even more compelling than the story. The dialect Laird Hunt creates is rarely heard and is completely captivating. Anyone who knows my work knows that I absolutely love dialect done well. Whether it’s Huck Finn’s rural Missouri dialect or Granny Younger’s rhythmic speech in Lee Smith’s Oral History, Mrs. Todd’s coastal Maine accent in Sarah Orne Jewett’s The Country of the Pointed Firs or Kate Chopin’s capturing of Cajun dialect in Bayou Folk, I love authors who help us hear the way Americans from all regions speak. Until I read Neverhome, I hadn’t thought of rural folks from Indiana as having a dialect – but Hunt brings Gallant Ash’s manner of speaking to life so well that I found it almost impossible to put the book down. And how Gallant Ash spins a yarn! From the first page of this first-person narrative, I was hooked. Hunt says that “the seed for Neverhome was planted . . . when my wife bought me a copy of An Uncommon Soldier: The Civil War Letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman.” You can learn more about “Lyons” Wakeman and the hundreds of women who fought on both sides of the Civil War by visiting the Civil War Trust website. See also the Smithsonian’s interview with Bonnie Tsui, who wrote She Went to the Field: Women Soldiers in the Civil War. You’ll also find DeAnne Blanton’s three-part article for the National Archives interesting and compelling. And if you want more, read the book Blanton wrote with Lauren M. Cook, They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the Civil War. A reading group guide to Neverhome provides additional insight and questions for consideration. Want to get a taste of Neverhome? There’s a lengthy preview at the publisher’s website. If you’re like me, you’ll want to get a copy of the book so you can hear all of Gallant Ash’s story. Visit thestoryweb.com/hunt for links to all these resources and to watch as Laird Hunt reads a scene in which Gallant Ash encounters another woman disguised as a soldier.