Still Moving

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WHO DO WE BECOME when we've lost the things that defined us? When Linda Durham shuttered her internationally acclaimed art gallery after thirty-three years, she found herself navigating a sea of bewilderment. Risk-taking had long been the tour de force of her life. But had she failed, or had she succeeded? Change always comes at a price.

Through delicious and dark, scintillating and salacious true tales of planned and accidental intersections with the exotic and quixotic, Durham pits her real self against her ideal self in a lifelong journey as serpentine as the Mobius strip her father made for her more than seven decades ago.

On stage and off, Durham creates and is created by story. Raven spirit tattoos on both shoulders, wanderlust in her eyes, she danced in ceremony with tribal Kachin women, chanted "Free Gaza" from aboard the seized Audacity of Hope ship, was cured by a Voodoo priest in a Haitian cemetery, slogged through the tempestuous lands' end at Tierra del Fuego, and breathlessly summitted Kilimanjaro. Everywhere this around-the-world traveler wandered, she chased the ghosts of her own ignorance and arrogance, culled clarity from confusion, and dug herself out from the crushing numbness of defeat.

Durham unabashedly pulls back the curtain on loves lost and found and on a life lived richly and openly amid fair fields and foreign wars, in places sacred and profane. Her incurable optimism gives inspiration and voice to the struggles of women worldwide, empowers those of us who feel derailed by a world out of control, and frees us to open the door to love.


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“This is a World of reasons and excuses, of bridges and barriers, of optimism and pessimism, of destruction, renewal, and resurrection..”

  • Written as a beautiful memoir, Still Moving places us into the life of author Linda Durham, artist, world traveler, and visionary. From climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to working with orphans in Africa, Durham’s spirit shines through even in times of hardship. Candid, eye-opening, and written with deep emotion, Still Moving will make you laugh and cry at the same time.

    —Kristi Elizabeth, San Francisco Book Review

  • A deeply entertaining and inspiring memoir. Equally philosophical, personal, and playful, this is a detailed wander through the author’s past, and an intentional exploration of self, with countless poetic, profound, and exhilarating moments.

    ​—Self Publishing Review

  • Still Moving is a memoir that chronicles a powerful search for self and spiritual identity...a powerful story that holds many insights and lessons for others intent on following their own path towards self-enlightenment, whether it be at home or on the road. The usual soul-searching approach is to think outside the box of tradition. Durham more than achieves this as she moves far from comfort zones to delve into other cultures around the world in search of newfound wisdom and growth.

    —Midwest Book Review

  • Linda Durham is a seeker, a prankster, an adventurer and, most of all, an honest broker of her own experience. For all of us who sometimes forget the potency of determination, the liberty of humor, and the magic of wonder, Still Moving is a tonic: Drink deeply, wink at your fears, and go.

    — Zane Fisher, culture writer and social critic

  • Durham’s strong, engaging voice overcomes any organizational qualms; the writing is dexterous enough to zoom in on specific moments and zoom out to consider broad, existential questions. She is careful not to present herself as someone who figured out all the answers; rather, the writer here is still willing and eager to ask the questions. Durham’s writing is often moving and honest... Despite the vibrant, diverse settings she explores on her international travels, and despite the self-discovery she gleans from these trips, the scenes set closer to home, in her beloved Southwest, are more revealing and more engaging. One of the book’s main achievements is its loving portrayal of Santa Fe, a town inextricably linked ​to the writer’s identity. A ranging, rich collage of memory and reflection.

    —Kirkus Reviews

Publisher: ‎ Mobius Pathways Press

Publication date: ‎ December 28, 2020

Language: ‎ English

Print length: ‎ 252 pages