#431: Embodied Work

Drove to Toledo this past weekend to see Ocean Vuong in conversation at the Toledo Museum, and realized as I talked to some folks at the event that this month marks the ten-year anniversary of my being back in Detroit.

When I moved back in 2014, one of the first things I did was sign up to volunteer at John King Books. I’d go in once a week and spend a few hours in the dusty stacks shelving and re-shelving books. I earned a nominal amount of store credit for doing so, but it was mostly for fun an...