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 TranslationsDream of the LakeMythologyStage 1: Cold Shock / Threat No. 1 Loss of Breathing ControlStage 1: Cold Shock / Threat No. 2 Heart and Blood Pressure ProblemsStage 1: Cold Shock / Threat No. 3 Mental ProblemsWith 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 StatesNamingIntelligibleBurialsStage 2: Physical IncapacitationPortraits of the Ancestor1870 census; Truckee, CA: Ah John, male, 18; occupation: prostituteStage 3: HypothermiaS---- ValleyFire ControlStage 4: Circum-rescue CollapseCatalog of Writings Left by Chinese Railroad Laborers of the C.P.R.R.A CorrespondenceTragedyMercyGuest: First TranslationSwim Team Outer SpaceSong for Great-GrandfatherTieGuest: Second TranslationPropertyJohn ChinamanCelestialsGuest: Third TranslationCertaintyBeing Away from the LakeDistinctionsThe Ghost ShipSong for Great-Great-GrandfatherLake of the SkyAcknowledgmentsNotes