there are ginkgo leaves on the window

German feminist theorist Cara-Julie Kather's first book in the English language, there are ginkgo leaves on the window: letters to my deceased grandmother is a gentle and illuminating engagement with grief and ancestor love that can feel transformative. Multi-genre, this book can be read as poetry, letters, memoir. In the words of reviewer-poet Matthew Lippman, ginkgo leaves opens "the heart into a blossom of quiet."