Source : Speak, Memory?
One of the mythic hero’s most important tasks is to travel to a strange new land and come back enlightened or bewildered. One of the quest’s most familiar destinations is the world of ancestors. And one of the consequences of the post-1960s tribalization of America is the proliferation of “return narratives,” in which unfulfilled seekers […]![](http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nybooks/~4/279T22gXF90)