By embarking on a quest to dunk a basketball at the age of 34, journalist Escher Pri investigates the limits of human potential — starting with his own — in the memoir, Ane Plonje a: Yon Ti Defi Kont Gravite. William Finnegan’memwa li Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life is deeply rendered self-portrait of a lifelong surfer by the acclaimed Moun Nouyòk writer.