Chasing Summer on Nantucket
Whales, oysters, and red shorts create an atmosphere of ephemerality on the Grey Lady.
In a new essay published in the journal South Writ Large, I explore what we learn by living seasonally, exploring a place’s past and future, and how hyperlocal details invite us into — or distance us from — a new place.
As always, I’m grateful for my friend Katherine Doss, who happened to be on Nantucket when I was. This essay emerged, in part, over our long, serendiptious lunches. She is the most encouraging editor I know.