Greyhound A Memoir
Greyhound A Memoir by Joanna Pocock, published by Catapult on August 12, 2025, is a 400-page exploration of the journey from miscarriage to parenthood. This edition combines elements of history, reportage, and nature writing with personal reflections, offering insights into the creative purpose that can emerge during times of feeling lost.
In this memoir, Joanna Pocock retraces her Greyhound bus journey across the United States, initially taken in 2006 after experiencing several miscarriages. Seventeen years later, she revisits the same route, reflecting on the landscapes and experiences that shaped her journey. The book intertwines memoir with environmental writing and literary criticism, presenting a nuanced view of America amidst late capitalism, highlighting its beauty and complexity while drawing parallels with the experiences of notable women writers who chronicled similar travels.
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Combining history, reportage, and nature writing with intimate moments of reflection, Greyhound tells of the journey from miscarriage to parenthood, and the purpose creativity gives to our lives when we feel purposeless
In 2006, in the wake of several miscarriages, Joanna Pocock traveled by Greyhound bus across the United States from Detroit to Los Angeles. Seventeen years later, she undertakes the same journey, revisiting the cities, edgelands, highways, and motels in the footsteps of the few women writers—Simone de Beauvoir, Ethel Mannin, and Irma Kurtz—who also chronicled their road trips across the United States. Combining memoir, reportage, environmental writing, and literary criticism, Greyhound is a moving and immersive book that captures an America in the throes of late capitalism with all its beauty, horror, and complexity.
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