Going Solo at the End of the World, that’s what.
Going Solo at the End of the World takes you out on the American road with a sharp-eyed, smart-mouthed solo traveler and New York Times bestselling author gone rogue.
In 2022, with the fall of Roe v. Wade, I bought a camper, ditched my stuff, and took off to explore the many Americas that now exist. Now in its second year, my weekly report from the road, "Going Solo at the End of the World," is a featured, bestselling newsletter on Substack that brings readers a nuanced, first-person look at American life and American lives. In these essays—and in my sixth book, Solo, forthcoming from Hachette/Cardinal Books in 2027—I explore our myths and truths, our hope and our heartbreak, our fundamental frailty and our strengths.
Readers come with me into truck stops and diners and dive bars, nightclubs and strip malls and ivory towers, into conversations with people who are angry, oblivious, frightened, hateful, helpful, hopeful, and—far more often than not—kind. These reports take you down backroads and byways, show you the places that don't make the map, and bring you the voices of people who rarely get heard.
For readers who want to connect not just with the news of the world but with the world, who want to hear more sides of the story, who want to connect micro and macro, and who are well aware that we are all living both political and personal lives, Going Solo at the End of the World is a firsthand report from the American road as we careen toward whatever we’re going to become.
Welcome! Hop in—and buckle up.