Celebrated as one of the most poignant stylists of his generation, André Aciman has written a luminous series of linked essays about time, place, identity, and art that show him at his very finest. From beautiful and moving pieces about the memory evoked by the scent of lavender; to meditations on cities like Barcelona, Rome, Paris, and New York; to his sheer ability to unearth life secrets from an ordinary street corner, Alibis reminds the reader that Aciman is a master of the personal essay.

For Generations the Sioux have regarded the Black Hills (Paha Sapa) as a shrine to the lightning and thunder of the gods, and journey there to get their lodge poles and medicines. To the white man, however, the Black Hills were a source of wealth, first in minerals, later tourism. Black Hills Summer is the story of a contemporary Indian movement to regain rights to the Hills.