Heroine
"Sepia, she's so beautiful when she talks of writing, you can almost feel the edge of freedom. As in a Cocteau film, ca 1940. A woman in a black skirt, black gloves, nipped in waist is walking out a door towards a black and white caf. Orpheus waits. From that moment, you know anyhting can happen." (page 172). "Nothing I've read since satisfies my desire for density and beauty...Here memory is not 'the past', but imbues vitally the moment, as desire (wherein the future creates itself). As in Lorca's New York, desire is inscribed in the city; the city itself is tied with love." --Erin Moure