5/24/2023 0 Comments Second place rachel cusk![]() ![]() Luhan tells her story to the poet Robinson Jeffers, and Cusk does more than merely mimic Luhan’s style Luhan had a taciturn Native American husband named Tony, and M’s husband Tony is also taciturn and “dark-skinned.” When Lawrence arrived in New Mexico, Luhan wrote, “Tony is never any help at such a moment, and he just stood there.” And when L arrives at the marsh, Cusk writes, “Tony is never any help in that kind of situation - he just stands there and says nothing.” Cusk even echoes some of Luhan’s best lines. ![]() Lawrence, who she “willed” to her place in New Mexico. Yet in an endnote, she mentions her novel “owes a debt” to “ Lorenzo in Taos,” a 1932 memoir by art patron Mabel Dodge Luhan, about her stormy time with D.H. ![]() “Second Place” is written as a letter from M to a mysterious “Jeffers,” whose name pops up every page or two. ![]()
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