On Ander Monson’s “Letter to a Future Lover”
Review of Ander Monson, “Letter to a Future Lover,” from The Best of Brevity, edited by Zoë Bossiere and Dinty W. Moore, 20-21. Brookline, MA: Rose Metal Press, 2020. Briefly, this essay is a lyrical rumination on an enigmatic inscription within a used copy of Gary Snyder’s Turtle Island, an inscription to a lover. The narrator wonders if this letter was ever sent and to whom it may have been intended. The narrator muses on how this found its way into…