The wave in the mind

The title is inspired by a letter from Virginia Woolf to Vita Sackville-West, in which Woolf describes how a sight or emotion creates a wave in the mind long before it is translated into words.

While the collection includes several pieces that appeared in other venues, a significant portion of the essays and talks were published here for the first time.

The collection is quite varied, blending literary criticism with satirical performance pieces, autobiographical reflections on the author's family, and personal essays about her life in Oregon.