February 23, 2022
Associate Professor of Creative Writing and English Department Chair Stefan Kiesbye publishes his latest book But I Don't Know You (Saddle Road Press 2022).
After twenty-five years in the United States, Cal, an immigrant, loses his home and all personal documents and keepsakes from his childhood to a wildfire. Shortly thereafter, his marriage breaks apart and leaves him without witness to the years spent in the New World. The novel follows Cal on his travels across the country as he tries to reconnect with lost loves, discarded friends, and estranged mentors. But I Don't Know You is a meditation on belonging, identity, memory, and on the stories we tell ourselves and others about who we were and who we have become.