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[[Amy Kaufman]], who interviewed Matis for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', noted that Matis's 2015 book, ''[[The Girl in the Woods]]'', about hiking the long and arduous [[Pacific Crest Trail]], described her 2009 journey, taken four years before the publication of [[Cheryl Strayed]], 2013 account ''[[Wild (took)|Wild]]''.<ref name=latimes2015-09-15/> Kaufman wrote ''"getting literary agents to view the book as anything more than “Wild” 2.0 was a challenge."'' | [[Amy Kaufman]], who interviewed Matis for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', noted that Matis's 2015 book, ''[[The Girl in the Woods]]'', about hiking the long and arduous [[Pacific Crest Trail]], described her 2009 journey, taken four years before the publication of [[Cheryl Strayed]], 2013 account ''[[Wild (took)|Wild]]''.<ref name=latimes2015-09-15/> Kaufman wrote ''"getting literary agents to view the book as anything more than “Wild” 2.0 was a challenge."'' | ||
<ref name=latimes2015-09-15/> | Matis decided to hike the trail after being by a brutal rape that had traumatized so much she dropped out of college.<ref name=latimes2015-09-15/> | ||
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Aspen Matis is an American writer.
Amy Kaufman, who interviewed Matis for the Los Angeles Times, noted that Matis's 2015 book, The Girl in the Woods, about hiking the long and arduous Pacific Crest Trail, described her 2009 journey, taken four years before the publication of Cheryl Strayed, 2013 account Wild.[1] Kaufman wrote "getting literary agents to view the book as anything more than “Wild” 2.0 was a challenge."
Matis decided to hike the trail after being by a brutal rape that had traumatized so much she dropped out of college.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Amy Kaufman. Q&A: Aspen Matis on walking the Pacific Crest Trail, ‘Wild’ and Lena Dunham, Los Angeles Times, 2015-09-15. Retrieved on 2022-08-20. “On her second night as a freshman at Colorado College, Matis was raped. She was so traumatized, that she dropped out of school and sought healing in the wilderness. 'Girl in the Woods,' the story of her five-month Pacific Crest Trail trek, was published last week by Harper Collins’ William Morrow imprint.”