How Relationships Begin

“They don’t even agree on how they met. In Currie’s version, he was working the book table at one of [Anne] Carson’s readings in Ann Arbor when, during the reception — while everyone else was enjoying the feast (it featured a shrimp volcano) — Carson brought him a plate of food. ‘I have no memory of this,’ Carson said. In her version, Currie was suddenly just hanging around. ‘There you were, and then you were there more.’”