Carole Maso is the author of ten books, including the novels The Art Lover (New Directions, 2017), Ava (Dalkey Archive Press, 2002), and Mother & Child (Counterpoint, 2013); a collection of essays, Break Every Rule (Counterpoint, 2010); two collections of poems in prose, Aureole (Ecco, 1996) and Beauty Is Convulsive (Counterpoint, 2020); and a memoir, The Room Lit by Roses (Counterpoint, 2002). She has recently completed a novel, Why So Soon Asleep? Eternity and the Dreamer is her novel-in-progress. Maso is professor emerita at Brown University.
Fiction
Winter 2025
from Eternity and the Dreamer
My seat is in its upright position. My seat belt securely fastened. My life vest under my seat. My seat cushion, a flotation device. My traveler’s notebook, poised. There’s no […]