130 and increasingly seeks solitude in the nonhuman world. Sinor’s essays mirror her demeanor, becoming more contemplative and less analytic. Th ese essays are more pointedly preoccupied with her intent to fi nd “the emotional truth in a subject” and less occupied with the “translating” of that truth for others (14). No matter her priority, Sinor skillfully employs narrative scholarship that models the kind of meaning making we accomplish in conversation and contemplation— sometimes meandering, often cyclical, and never truly complete. Th ough a lyrical and striking read, Letters is perhaps most impressive for its versatility. As a work of creative nonfi ction, Sinor’s voice is evocative and unrestrained in exploring the complexity of life experienced in place. Th rough the same medium, however, her essays chart new spaces in multimodal scholarship of landscape and place in the American West, merging critical and contemplative consideration of subjectivity and historicity in a narrative compelling for its lack of fi nality. Her work here may prove valuable to archival work and studies at the intersection of literature and art history, but more signifi cantly, Letters models ways to chart the gap between language and experience that so often inhibits our engagement with the nonhuman world. With those boundaries marked, it will perhaps prove easier to render in aesthetic forms the complexities of feeling and knowing place. Luke Morgan Texas Tech University

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星星的名字：荒野中的生活皮特·弗洛姆

130 并且越来越多地在非人类世界中寻求孤独。Sinor 的文章反映了她的风度，变得更加沉思，更少分析。这些文章更专注于她寻找“主题中的情感真相”的意图，而不是为他人“翻译”该真相（14）。无论她的优先级如何，Sinor 都巧妙地运用了叙事学，模拟了我们在对话和沉思中完成的那种意义——有时是曲折的，通常是循环的，而且永远不会真正完整。尽管是一本抒情而引人注目的读物，Letters 最令人印象深刻的可能是它的多功能性。作为一部创造性的非虚构作品，Sinor 的声音在探索就地生活的复杂性时令人回味无穷。然而，粗糙的相同介质，她的文章描绘了美国西部景观和地方多模态研究的新空间，将主观性和历史性的批判性和沉思性考虑融合到一个因其缺乏结局而引人注目的叙事中。她在这里的工作可能被证明对文学和艺术史交叉领域的档案工作和研究很有价值，但更重要的是，Letters 为描绘语言和经验之间的差距提供了模型，这些差距常常阻碍我们与非人类世界的接触。有了这些界限，或许可以更容易地以审美形式呈现感觉和了解地方的复杂性。卢克摩根德克萨斯理工大学 她在这里的工作可能被证明对文学和艺术史交叉领域的档案工作和研究很有价值，但更重要的是，Letters 为描绘语言和经验之间的差距提供了模型，这些差距常常阻碍我们与非人类世界的接触。有了这些界限，或许可以更容易地以审美形式呈现感觉和了解地方的复杂性。卢克摩根德克萨斯理工大学 她在这里的工作可能被证明对文学和艺术史交叉领域的档案工作和研究很有价值，但更重要的是，Letters 为描绘语言和经验之间的差距提供了模型，这些差距常常阻碍我们与非人类世界的接触。有了这些界限，或许可以更容易地以审美形式呈现感觉和了解地方的复杂性。卢克摩根德克萨斯理工大学