Across the lifespan most people at some point experience a narrowing of life as their freedom to choose, or to act, or to exercise some other touchstone of the good life becomes impaired.
 
“Up the Aspidistra: Rants, Raves, and Reviews that didn’t make it past the editor” is a collection of letters born from the author's personal experience of feeling unfruitful after arriving at an odd place called Nanaimo, British Columbia.