And These are the Good Times

Patricia Ann McNair

Voices – In this excellent collection of personal essays, Patricia Ann McNair’s sentences appear to flow effortlessly; her voice, mesmerizing and relentless in her previous book, a story collection titled, “The Temple of Air,” takes an entirely different tone here, full of vulnerability and risk and questions. Those key ingredients make a personal essay personal – and it’s a joy to travel the world with McNair in these essays as she explores the fears, secrets and surprises associated with family, sex, love and writing.