I would read Rebecca Solnit copying lines of Morse Code. Case in point: the title essay is among the most important political statements of our time and yet it's one of about a half dozen such statements of brilliance Solnit has written over her career.

Only reservation is, as it has been pointed out before, one of publishing rather than text. These essays were never meant to be together in a collection and it seems the need to expand the title piece into the lead blocker in a full book has created an important collection that lacks the kind of internal consistency and hum that "Hope in the Dark" (my favorite Solnit book). Still its moving, important and so worth your time.