What makes us nostalgic? What thoughtful ghosts from our pasts haunt our imaginations – and our intellects? Sarah Einstein’s Self-Portrait in Apologies explores past mistakes as well as the many different kinds of love that need no apology. These fourteen essays contemplate loneliness and companionship, regret and desire, uncertainty, and wisdom, revealing the depths of a life richly lived. Self-Portrait in Apologies charts both love and loss with a sharp mind, a generous heart, and an eye for the dark beauties of a dappled life.
Sarah Einstein is a native of Huntington, West Virginia and comes home as often as she can. She teaches creative writing at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She is the author of Mot: A Memoir (University of Georgia Press, 2015) and Remnants of Passion (SheBooks, 2014). Her essays and short stories have appeared in The Sun Magazine, Ninth Letter, PANK, and other journals. Her work has been reprinted in the Best of the Net and awarded a Pushcart Prize and the AWP Prize for Creative Nonfiction.
