Prayer Walks
“Listen to the carrion—put your ear
Close, and hear the faint chattering
Of the songs to come.”
—Wendell Berry
The old man used to have a dog that was always barking. Now,
A Piece of the Past
It’s been two years since I last stepped foot in Victoria. I was born there, and
my childhood nostalgia is tightly linked to the city. Now I’m riding a borrowed
bicycle
When the Least of These Speak: A review of Jesse Ball’s Census
Jesse Ball’s novels are odd. In The Way Through Doors, for example, the various
storylines layer so deeply I lose track of which is the core line. In The Curfew
, my favorite,
