![]() But Lillian Boxfish isnt just any elderly woman, she’s a fictional version of Margaret Fishback, the real-life female Don Draper of 1940s advertising and an accomplished poet. Her new novel, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk, is about an elderly woman who walks from midtown to downtown Manhattan and back on New Year’s Eve, 1984. Today, Chicago has its own literary flâneuse, Kathleen Rooney. ![]() Back in 19th-century France, the original literary flâneurs were writers who strolled the streets of Paris for inspiration-overheard conversations, architectural narratives, small miracles of sunlight-as well as exploration and exercise. ![]() Maybe it’s just a few blocks between home, work, and the CTA, but every day-whether it’s 97 degrees or 9-you step into the human rivers that ebb and flow through the city.īut for a flâneur (or a flâneuse), walking is more than a means of transportation: it is a way of life. ![]()
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