Jane Schapiro is the author of a volume of poetry, Tapping This Stone (Washington Writers' Publishing House, 1995) and the nonfiction book, Inside a Class Action: The Holocaust and the Swiss Banks (University of Wisconsin, 2003), selected for the Notable Trials Library. Her chapbook Mrs. Cave's House won the 2012 Sow's Ear Poetry Chapbook competition. Her poems have appeared in publications such as The American Scholar, Christian Science Monitor, The Gettysburg Review, Prairie Schooner, The Southern Review, The Sun, Women's Review of Books, and Yankee. She is an academic tutor in the Athletic Department of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Her website is www.janeschapiro.com
Why would two sisters drop out of college and bicycle 3500 miles across America? Let the Wind Push Us Across awakens in us the transformational power of holding fast to one's dream, not quitting, and going for it no matter what. Determined to dip their tires in the Pacific and 11 weeks later in the Atlantic, the sisters saw an America that few young women witnessed in the 1970s. Before GPS navigation, the Internet and cell phones, this was a remarkable accomplishment. Forty years later, Jane Schapiro recalls the epic ride in poems, philosophical observations, and photographs. Her book is a tour de force, a heart-felt literary achievement. Poignant and refreshing, it is mandatory reading for those who believe that Adventure is not found in a guidebook and Beauty is not on the map. - Renny Russell, author of On the Loose and Rock Me on the Water
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