Kirk Nesset is Professor of English at Allegheny College and author of several books, including Saint X and Mr. Agreeable.
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Kirk Nesset is Professor of English at Allegheny College and author of several books, including Saint X and Mr. Agreeable.
Its brilliant mirror-surface buildings seem to belie it. Streets vibrant with history. But the city doesn’t exist.
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