In a paean to the art of losing, Benjamin Libman gathers and weaves the threads of multiple pasts -- of his community, of his family, and of himself -- in search of an answer to one question: what is the past?
Benjamin Libman is a writer and translator from Montreal whose work has appeared in the New York Times, the Yale Review, the London Magazine, the Guardian, and elsewhere. He holds degrees in literature from Columbia University and Stanford University. He is the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including a Mellon Foundation fellowship. He divides his time between Paris and Montreal.
