My students believe
the story we’ve read about
a woman giving birth in prison
convicted of burning her best friend,
her lover’s wife, and her children to ashes,
from a neighborhood renowned for its social misfits,
is more reality than fantasy
that could easily happen
in Thailand. ...
Our reader had first heard of John Wray a few years ago in a frivolous magazine profile of a group of writers who regularly shared a meal together and supported one another. ...
Three scenes, therefore, where imagination wins over representation; three moments, three keys which become locks, but which no present-day director would think of leaving out. ...