JENNY ODELL - SAVING TIME

Jenny Odell, bestselling author of How to Do Nothing, returns to Point Reyes for a conversation about her highly anticipated new book, Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock (Random House). Bookstore co-owner Stephen Sparks will serve as interlocutor.

“This fiercely generous new book by Jenny Odell invites us to exit the superhighways and explore the scenic detours, byways, rebel camps, the other visions of who we can be while reminding us that slowness can yield more than speed.”—Rebecca Solnit, author of Men Explain Things to Me

“At this pivotal historical moment, when so many of us are struggling with burnout, anxiety about the future, and a gnawing dissatisfaction that things don’t have to be like this, in strides Jenny Odell with the exact book that we needed. Odell masterfully dissects the origins of our many destructive beliefs around work, leisure, and self-improvement, while also offering a way for us to be free of them. Saving Time is an exposé of our past, an antidote to our present, and a manifesto for the future. It is rigorous, compassionate, profound, and hopeful. It is one of the most important books I’ve read in my life.”—Ed Yong, author of An Immense World

Each ticket includes a copy of Saving Time.

Jenny Odell is a multi-disciplinary artist and author. Her first book was the New York Times Bestseller, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, New York Times, Sierra Magazine, and more. She lives in Oakland, California.

Author photo by Chani Bockwinkel

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Dance Palace, 503 B Street, Point Reyes Station, United States