Mirror Gazing

Mirror Gazing is a book about reading and looking, about what people seek when they read, and about what stares back at them from the printed page. In one sense, it’s an archival project, based on a wealth of material, collected daily by celebrated critic Warren Motte over a period of thirty-five years and squirreled away for some eventual winter. In another sense, it is a love letter, a confession, a tale of deep obsession, a cry for help addressed to anyone who takes literature seriously.