Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time
Sheila Liming
Jun 2023 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Moniqua Plante
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A smart and empowering book about the simple art of hanging out . . . and of taking back our social lives from the deadening whirl of contemporary life. Almost every day it seems that our world becomes more fractured, more digital, and more chaotic. Sheila Liming has the answer: we need to hang out more. Starting with the assumption that play is to children as hanging out is to adults, Liming makes a brilliant case for the necessity of unstructured social time as a key element of our cultural vitality. The book asks questions like what is hanging out? why is it important? why do we do it? how do we do it? and examines the various ways we hang out-in groups, online, at parties, at work. Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time makes an intelligent case for the importance of this most casual of social structures and shows us how just getting together can be a potent act of resistance all on its own.
About the author
Sheila Liming is an associate professor at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont, where she teaches classes on literature, media, and writing. She is the author of two books, What a Library Means to a Woman and Office. Her essays have appeared in venues like the Atlantic and the Los Angeles Review of Books.
Moniqua Plante is an award-winning TV, film, and theater actor, with a BA in literature and theater. As an independent film producer, Moniqua has accumulated fourteen film festival wins, including an award for Breakout Action Star and four Best Actress awards.
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