| Populated is an original collection of essays that explores the ways in which identity is linked, formed, and shaped---perhaps even reimagined---by the influences of place, personal relationships, and history. I found myself in a complicated relationship with Wisconsin when I moved, six years ago, to Washington D.C. Wisconsin was the place I was dying to leave behind but longed to hang onto once I'd left. These essays discover an identity that straddles a thousand miles and that is populated by unexpected and sometimes resisted influences. |
