
Throughout this nonlinear collection, Montgomery explores how we try to preserve our lives in things—in our homes, our forests, our oceans, our bodies.

Interview by Leslie LindsayDonald Antrim is the author of three novels, including Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World and two memoirs, The Afterlife and One Friday in April: A Story of Suicide and Survival. He has received awards from the MacArthur Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, among others. He lives in…