An Image of My Name Enters America: Essays by Lucy Ives Charles Santoso In Afghanistan

In Afghanistan

Once there was a river flowing through a forest

is overworked and isolated

Like [Shakespeare's family romances]

They are the boys that Belly has known since her very first summer—they have been her brother figures

An Image of My Name Enters America: Essays by Lucy Ives Charles Santoso In AfghanistanFrom a brilliant, one of a kind maestro (Booklist), a vibrant tapestry of memoir, research, and criticism Again, today, if I must choose between love and memory, I choose memory. What would you risk to know yourself? Which stories are you willing to follow to the bitter end, revise, or, possibly, begin all over? In this collection of five interrelated essays, Lucy Ives explores identity, national fantasy, and history. She examines events and records