Review: The Traces by Mairead Small Staid
Barrelhouse Reviews: The Traces by Mairead Small Staid
“Oh, the joy of being young, artistic, and in Europe—the infinite possibilities of any city, museum, or stranger. This thrill courses through Mairead Small Staid’s essay collection, The Traces. At age twenty, Staid spent a semester studying in Florence, and these memories connect the work’s eleven essays. By analyzing the author’s past with intellectual rigor, The Traces expands collegiate gallivanting into a discourse on happiness as a place with memory as its fickle guide.”
A review for Barrelhouse of Mairead Small Staid’s book-length essay, The Traces.