Consolation Author|Yumiko Shimabukuro a public conversation with Alexandra

a public conversation with Alexandra Grant and Hélène Cixous

and literary translations have appeared in anthologies and numerous other publications

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She lives in Southern California but hails from Minnesota and admittedly every once in while misses winter

Consolation Author|Yumiko Shimabukuro a public conversation with AlexandraConsolation attentively focuses on what happens when a celebrated photojournalist is killed in a car accident and three women whose lives overlapped with his are left to reckon with his absence. As these women, each of a different generation, navigate the emotional landscape of grief, they question how their lives have unfolded and how this loss might change their paths going forward. With empathy and humor, Consolation explores the connections and