(Saint Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 2009) “Even now it is an impossible idea, that we are all connected, all of us,” writes Eula Biss in Notes from No Man’s Land: American Essays, a provocative exploration of race in America. Biss is … Continued
Translated from the German by Tim Mohr (New York, NY: Europa Editions, 2011) What about me? That was the question my boyfriend’s ten-year-old brother, J., asked approximately three dozen times over the short weekend during which we saw him recently. … Continued
Translated from the Italian by Antony Shugaar (New York, NY: Europa Editions, 2010) There’s a magnet on my refrigerator that pictures two sweet-faced, pony-tailed girls, perhaps sisters, grinning in a knowing way that suggests they’re sharing a private joke. Beneath the image … Continued
(Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, 2010) You could make a convincing argument that I’m less than qualified to offer my opinions on a book consumed with marriage. I’ve lived alone for nearly thirteen years, never had a husband, a fiancé, a proposal. I set … Continued
Translated from Spanish by Janet Hendrickson (Rochester, NY: Open Letter, 2012) Recently I found myself in a first-class seat on a flight to Philadelphia. Normally when I travel, I am seated somewhere deep in the bowels of the plane, so … Continued