More on books from The Atlantic Monthly. Much as she sculpted her trenches with bones sticking out of the mud and corpses propping up walls, in Border Crossing she evokes the smoke, the staleness, and the insecurity of probation offices and remand centers.
Barker has far more faith in drama and image than in assertion.
The reader is grateful whenever she offers any alleviating comedy. Border Crossing is replete with sharp, expressive exchanges, hard poetry, and as many enigmas as implacable truths. All rights reserved.