How to Change History

"In How to Change History, Robin Hemley grapples with the idea of the individual's navigation of history, and the conflict between personal versus public histories. In an attempt to restore, resurrect, and reclaim what might otherwise be lost, Hemley includes meditations on photography and scrapbooks, mini book and art reviews, reflections on concepts like "meanness," travelogues, and personal reflections, while also examining his parents' lives as writers, documenting their under-seen impact on the art movements of the day"--