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Bookworm, no. 65

Bookworm, no. 65

Steven Threndyle on Geoff Powter’s “Survival Is Not Assured.” Sara Krahn reviews Judith Graves’s “The Annethology.” The Giller Prize finalists. Poetry by Ben von Jagow. Inside the November issue.

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Oct 15, 2024
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Survival Is Not Assured: The Life of Climber Jim Donini
Geoff Powter
Mountaineers Books
272 pages, softcover, ebook, and audiobook

As a twist on the cliché from barnstorming aviation goes, “There are old climbers and bold climbers, but there are no old, bold climbers.” There is, however, Jim Donini, the supremely talented, fearless, and ambi…

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