Over the last ten years, his essays have appeared in the Northwest Review, Southwest Review, North American Review, in Shenandoah, and in several other literary journals. He has twice taught abroad on Fulbrights, first in Thessaloniki, Greece, and subsequently in Lahore, Pakistan. That is Kevin Oderman's great theme in these compelling essays. He joins piece to piece with a poet's feel for elegant language and a carpenter's feel for sturdy joints. While Oderman writes of his private journeys in search of coherence, he also invites his readers to think about the fissures and patterns in their own lives.
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