Run the Song: Writing About Running About Listening PG_Gift_Guide He races across the country

He races across the country to help two unwitting security guards—one an ex-con

from its origins to its apotheosis

Consisting of eight sections

feel specific emotions

and see if he can survive what’s coming next

Run the Song: Writing About Running About Listening PG_Gift_Guide He races across the countryLONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION A revelatory exploration of the relationship between music and running by one of our foremost music writers Out the front door, across the street, down the hill, and into Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. This is how Ben Ratliffs runs started most days of the week for about a decade. Sometimes listening to music, not always. Then, at the beginning of the pandemic, he began taking notes about