different. finding those commonalities of humanity and them looking at the differences in our fiction form or nonfiction form. going from coast to coast by train train, i can imagine the back story of everyone i meet. when we met in the common spaces, whether it s the dining car or observation cars or cafe cars we have these social interactions. on all these different levels including race class gender, there s a dialogue about society that can occur in a profound level just in these casual conversations you have on a train. i had one particularly interesting conversation with a woman who was talking with ferguson. and over the course of the conversation there were many different times where she used frays that were provi phrases that were provocative to me.