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An epic 3-night camping and canoe trip with our friends at Treetop Journeys
An epic 3-night camping and canoe trip with our friends at Treetop Journeys
An epic 3-night camping and canoe trip with our friends at Treetop Journeys
After an absolute banger of a collab last August, we're doing it bigger and better this summer with Treetop Journeys. @treetopjourneys
For our first ever three-night retreat, we'll "island hop" in the Adirondack mountains by canoe, reading and dining and swimming on the lake.
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A riveting debut novel about a volatile friendship between two outsiders who escape their bleak childhoods and enter the glamorous early ’90s art world in New York City, where only one of them can make it.
A riveting debut novel about a volatile friendship between two outsiders who escape their bleak childhoods and enter the glamorous early ’90s art world in New York City, where only one of them can make it.
A riveting debut novel about a volatile friendship between two outsiders who escape their bleak childhoods and enter the glamorous early ’90s art world in New York City, where only one of them can make it.
"Stephanie Wambugu has written a coming-of-age friendship novel for the ages."
—Gary Shteyngart, author of Our Country Friends
"Stephanie Wambugu has written a coming-of-age friendship novel for the ages."
—Gary Shteyngart, author of Our Country Friends
"Stephanie Wambugu has written a coming-of-age friendship novel for the ages."
—Gary Shteyngart, author of Our Country Friends
Ruth, an only child of recent immigrants to New England, lives in an emotionally cold home and attends the local Catholic girl’s school on a scholarship. Maria, a beautiful orphan whose Panamanian mother dies by suicide and is taken care of by an ill, unloving aunt, is one of the only other students attending the school on a scholarship. Ruth is drawn forcefully into Maria’s orbit, and they fall into an easy, yet intense, friendship. Her devotion to her charming and bright new friend opens up her previously sheltered world.
While Maria, charismatic and aware of her ability to influence others, eases into her full self, embracing her sexuality and her desire to be an artist, Ruth is mostly content to follow her around: to college and then into the early-nineties art world of New York City. There, ambition and competition threaten to rupture their friendship, while strong and unspoken forces pull them together over the years. Whereas Maria finds early success in New York City as an artist, Ruth stumbles along the fringes of the art world, pulled toward a quieter life of work and marriage. As their lives converge and diverge, they meet in one final and fateful confrontation.
Ruth and Maria’s decades-long friendship interrogates the nature of intimacy, desire, class and time. What does it mean to be an artist and to be true to oneself? What does it mean to give up on an obsession? Marking the arrival of a sensational new literary talent, Lonely Crowds challenges us to reckon honestly with our own ambitions and the lives we hope to lead.
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
"Stephanie Wambugu writes with a clerestoried brilliance that throws striking light and strange shadows across her unforgettable narrator Ruth’s traversals of youth, schooling, and becoming. A sensation."
"Stephanie Wambugu writes with a clerestoried brilliance that throws striking light and strange shadows across her unforgettable narrator Ruth’s traversals of youth, schooling, and becoming. A sensation."
"Stephanie Wambugu writes with a clerestoried brilliance that throws striking light and strange shadows across her unforgettable narrator Ruth’s traversals of youth, schooling, and becoming. A sensation."
— Alexandra Tanner, author of Worry
— Alexandra Tanner, author of Worry
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BOOK-THEMED DINNERS
BOOK-THEMED DINNERS
BOOK-THEMED DINNERS
MARISA
NAKAMURA
MARISA
NAKAMURA
MARISA
NAKAMURA
COOKIN'
THE BOOKS
COOKIN'
THE BOOKS
Chef Marisa Nakamura will be camping with us all weekend, cooking up two sensational dinners themed to the pages of LONELY CROWDS!
For as long as she can remember Marisa has been transfixed by food. Privy since youth, to the delights of the kitchen, she likes to spend her precious time immersed in culinary pursuits. For Miss Nakamura food is fascinating, fun, and tricky noon and night! (teehee!!)
Chef Marisa Nakamura will be camping with us all weekend, cooking up two sensational dinners themed to the pages of LONELY CROWDS!
For as long as she can remember Marisa has been transfixed by food. Privy since youth, to the delights of the kitchen, she likes to spend her precious time immersed in culinary pursuits. For Miss Nakamura food is fascinating, fun, and tricky noon and night! (teehee!!)
CURATED WINE PROGRAM
CURATED WINE PROGRAM
CURATED WINE PROGRAM
PRESHIFT!
PRESHIFT!
PRESHIFT!
FROM PAGE
TO PALATE
FROM PAGE
TO PALATE
preshift! will curate tasty wines for the entire adventure, including a special 5-course pairing on Saturday night!
Developed by two resident natural wine lovers Julianny Gómez (they/she) and Dante Clark (he/they), preshift!'s mission is to create safe and fun spaces for folks of all experiences to taste and learn about delicious wine.
preshift! will curate tasty wines for the entire adventure, including a special 5-course pairing on Saturday night!
Developed by two resident natural wine lovers Julianny Gómez (they/she) and Dante Clark (he/they), preshift!'s mission is to create safe and fun spaces for folks of all experiences to taste and learn about delicious wine.
HOSTED IN
HOSTED IN
HOSTED IN
THE ADIRONDACKS
THE ADIRONDACKS
THE ADIRONDACKS
NEW YORK
NEW YORK
WAY UP THERE
WAY UP THERE
SUMMER AT THE LAKE
SUMMER AT THE LAKE
SUMMER AT THE LAKE
We're setting up at camp on one of the largest and most gorgeous lakes in the Adirondack Mountains.
We're setting up at camp on one of the largest and most gorgeous lakes in the Adirondack Mountains.
SUSTAINABLE GLAMPING
SUSTAINABLE GLAMPING
SUSTAINABLE GLAMPING
All tents feature comfy Nemo Roamer beds, which we cover in blankets and pillows to ensure you have the best night of rest underneath the stars.
All tents feature comfy Nemo Roamer beds, which we cover in blankets and pillows to ensure you have the best night of rest underneath the stars.
All tents feature comfy Nemo Roamer beds, which we cover in blankets and pillows to ensure you have the best night of rest underneath the stars.
CANOE JOURNEYS
CANOE JOURNEYS
CANOE JOURNEYS
We'll have kayaks and canoes for everyone to explore the lake, paddling from island to island to READ TOGETHER.
We'll have kayaks and canoes for everyone to explore the lake, paddling from island to island to READ TOGETHER.
We'll have kayaks and canoes for everyone to explore the lake, paddling from island to island to READ TOGETHER.
3% of every booking will be donated to Brave Trails.
3% of every booking will be donated to Brave Trails.
3% of every booking will be donated to Brave Trails.
Brave Trails is a national non-profit organization dedicated to LGBTQ+ youth leadership. They offer accredited summer camps, backpacking trips, family camps, mental health services, meet-up groups, and year-round leadership programming.
All of their programs focus on helping LGBTQ+ youth find what they need most to thrive: their people, their place, and their passion.
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