“Justine Massey is an image maker and a lyricist in this unconventional, self-revelatory collection of poems and prose. She exults in her Argentinean years, when she plunges into the unknown, haunted by her father’s early death, by an overheated world, by violence and inaction and even a fear dog—but is sustained by her own buoyant spirit. The braided structure and her facility with both English and Spanish mirror her project during those years, “Weave the Americas,” an initiative that brings together muralists and musicians across the hemispheres. To understand. To live in the present. To find joy. Those are the community needs reflected in her own internal quests. This book is wholly original, intimate, compelling, and delightful. We want Justine as our companion on the road and as the neighbor we might confide in.”
Susan Shillinglaw, Ph.D., Author of A Journey into Steinbeck’s California
