Description
A beloved folk singer presents an impassioned account of the fall and rise of the small American towns she cherishes
Dubbed by the New Yorker as “one among The usa’s very best singer-songwriters,” Dar Williams has made her career not in stadiums, but touring The usa’s small towns. She has played their venues, composed of their coffee shops, and inebriated of their bars. She has seen these communities struggle, but in addition seen them thrive within the face of postindustrial identity crises.
Here, Williams muses on why some towns flourish whilst others fail, examining elements from the significance of history and nature to the uniting power of public spaces and food. Drawing on her own travels and the work of urban theorists, Williams offers real solutions to rebuild declining communities.
What I Found in a Thousand Towns is more than a love letter to The usa’s small towns, it is a deeply personal and hopeful message about the possibility of The usa’s vigorous and resilient communities.