A Q&A With Cheryl Strayed, Author Of The Wildly Successful Wild

“Strayed has a special talent for glimmering, golden turns of phrase that seem to hold all the promise and hope in the world — they’re Bible verses for a secular audience — but these are not the sort of cheesy mottos that you’ll find on, say, motivational posters on Pinterest. … Take for example: ‘The best thing you can possibly do with your life is to tackle the motherfucking shit out of love.'”