Water Guest

Caroline M. Mar is the great-granddaughter of a railroad laborer and the author of Special Education and the chapbook Dream of the Lake. A high school health educator in her hometown of San Francisco, she is getting to know her new home of Oakland. A member of Rabble Collective, she has been granted residencies at Storyknife, Ragdale, and Hedgebrook, among others.

Failed Translations Dream of the Lake Mythology Stage 1: Cold Shock / Threat No. 1 Loss of Breathing Control Stage 1: Cold Shock / Threat No. 2 Heart and Blood Pressure Problems Stage 1: Cold Shock / Threat No. 3 Mental Problems With a surface area of 191.6 square miles and a depth of 1,645 feet, Lake Tahoe is the largest and the second-deepest alpine lake in the United States Naming Intelligible Burials Stage 2: Physical Incapacitation Portraits of the Ancestor 1870 census; Truckee, CA: Ah John, male, 18; occupation: prostitute Stage 3: Hypothermia S---- Valley Fire Control Stage 4: Circum-rescue Collapse Catalog of Writings Left by Chinese Railroad Laborers of the C.P.R.R. A Correspondence Tragedy Mercy Guest: First Translation Swim Team Outer Space Song for Great-Grandfather Tie Guest: Second Translation Property John Chinaman Celestials Guest: Third Translation Certainty Being Away from the Lake Distinctions The Ghost Ship Song for Great-Great-Grandfather Lake of the Sky Acknowledgments Notes