Memory by Bernadette Mayer. Published by siglio.
Mayer's artfully artless photographs — which collect streets, landscapes, clouds, weather, friends, family — are often very beautiful on their own. Arrayed in tight grids of small-scale reproductions they become something else: an expansive work of personal cinema, relayed in stills. And Mayer's mighty, long-breath journals provide a dynamic narration, making a work that is large and resonant while attentive to the smallest things.
Luc Sante's books include Low Life, Evidence, Kill All Your Darlings, and most recently Maybe the People Would Be the Times. He teaches writing and the history of photography at Bard.