The Lonely City Los Preguntones She has no memory of

She has no memory of the husband or the wedding

who runs on sunshine and optimism

they move both gradually and violently

every star

of fire and crackling with energy

The Lonely City Los Preguntones She has no memory ofFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism #1 Book of the Year from Brain Pickings Named a best book of the year by NPR, Newsweek, Slate, Pop Sugar, Marie Claire, Elle, Publishers Weekly, and Lit Hub A dazzling work of biography, memoir, and cultural criticism on the subject of loneliness, told through the lives of iconic artists, by the acclaimed author of The Trip to Echo Spring. When Olivia Laing moved to New York City in her