Archived: English: Wild

Cheryl Strayed Website

The Walking Cure: Talking to Cheryl Strayed about what made Wild

History versus Hollywood: Wild movie Questioning the Story

The Guardian - Walk on the Wild side Cheryl Strayed's 1000 mile hike

Cheryl begins her hike by  reading a quote from the poem If your Nerve, deny you— by Emily Dickinson

If your Nerve, deny you—
Go above your Nerve—
He can lean against the Grave,
If he fear to swerve—

That’s a steady posture—
Never any bend
Held of those Brass arms—
Best Giant made—

If your Soul seesaw—
Lift the Flesh door—
The Poltroon wants Oxygen—
Nothing more –

Another of Cheryl's favourite poets is Adrienne Rich.

“Silence can be a plan
rigorously executed

the blueprint to a life

It is a presence
it has a history a form

Do not confuse it
with any kind of absence”
― Adrienne Rich, The Dream of a Common Language

Visit the Pacific Crest Trail Association website for more information about the trail.

Read Cheryl's Strayed's book Wild

Did you love the music from the film Wild?

Listen to the soundtrack