“Question authority” and “reality isn’t what it used to be” are abroad in the land. Not just leftover political slogans or metaphysical cultural crit. Questioning authority is, as near as I can tell, almost always a good thing to do. At the very least, ask “Why?” And maybe “Why not?”

Next question: what’s next? What do I want my life to be? What mark do I want to leave? How can I be part of the solution, not the problem, create a different way for things to be.

What I love about the kinds of books I’ve been privileged to work on and the people I’ve met in so doing is the questions they ask. People who write books are looking for answers, and, when I’m looking at manuscripts for books we might publish I’m looking at the answers they found, the story they have to tell, but even more I’m looking at how their answers, their story helps me create my own authority, my own answers, my own reality.

The Ledge of Quetzal is a book that questions authority, proposes answers, and besides, it’s a good story. Check it out. Why not?

From Friday afternoon,

Jan Johnson

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