Author Archives: Anne McPeak

A Review of The Gray Earth by Galsan Tschinag

Translated from the German by Katharina Rout (Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions, 2010) Born in Mongolia in the forties, Galsan Tschinag has lived a range of human experience I can only imagine: he has been, by his own description, a gatherer, … Continued

A Review of The Word Book by Mieko Kanai

Translated from the Japanese by Paul McCarthy (Urbana-Champaign, IL: Dalkey Archive Press, 2009) Sometimes it’s only a whisper. Didn’t we just see that man? Weren’t they just talking about a missed train? And veins on a rock…where else did we just … Continued