A living notebook
Photographs, field notes, research, and writings surrounding the world of the novel.
An older woman who sat down beside him and asked how he was — and waited for the real answer.
A nurse who still gets birthday cards from parents who no longer ask about her life.
A high school English teacher who stopped praying when she realized she was only asking God to make her different.
A stranger who borrows a cigarette and leaves something behind.
A retired father on his way to Chicago to see a daughter who stopped calling.
A man sitting beside a concrete pillar, waiting for something he can’t name.
