TRIAGE is a book you finish and realize you’ve dog-eared every damn page. Poetic and wise, Claudia Rankine composes lyrical snapshot essays around a life-defining friendship. Art, literature, war, grief... Rankine searches everywhere for meaning and connectivity. The literal and figurative idea of "collapse" in these pages is particularly poignant and thought-provoking. Claudia Rankine is a superb wordsmith and a passionate intellect, and I cherish any opportunity to witness her ideas take flight.