Intimate

A Tupelo Press Lineage Series publication Intimate is a hybrid memoir and photo album that blends personal essay, historical documentary, and poetry to examine the tense relationship between self, society, and familial legacy in contemporary America. Typographically innovative, Intimatecreates parallel streams, narrating the stories of Rekdals Norwegian-American father and his mixed-race marriage, the photographer Edward S. Curtis, and Curtiss murdered Apsaroke guide, Alexander Upshaw. The result is panoramic, a completely original literary encounter with intimacy, identity, family relations, and race. Praise for Paisley Rekdals previous books: Rekdal cleverly dissects what it means to be biracial in America and overseas in this artful collection. The narrative structure is inventive and draws from her sharply honed skills as a poet. Rekdal has a lot to say.Booklist Dazzling. Just as a kaleidoscope refracts and changes the object viewed, Rekdals subjects and protagonists are often unable to tell themselves from the stories theyve been told.Publishers Weekly