Cheryl Strayed

Published February 23, 2012 at 5:00 AM PST

Cheryl Strayed has written a novel "Torch" and her new memoir " Wild" is out next month. It recounts her adventures on the Pacific Crest Trail. Strayed will also be speaking at the Black Mountain Institute on a panel about " Not Your Grandmother's 'Sense and Sensibility.'" We talk to her about her writing and what she thinks has shaped the modern woman writer.

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