In honor of the ringing among these epigraphs, I lead up to an imaging presence: it is early 1996. After coming to NYU from Columbia University, I am in my last semester of being a doctoral student who does not teach...

Poet Michael T. Young explores concepts of truth and imagination in this thought-provoking essay.

Book 4 of 100 Alexandra Fuller, Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight            It’s taken me awhile to write this review. I wanted some time to reflect on this memoir before commenting on it. In this book, Alexandra Fuller (“Bobo,” as she’s called throughout her childhood), recounts her experiences of growing up in South Africa with her parents and older sister, Vanessa. Her story is interesting, but I can’t say the...