“If I could only see more clearly my own seeing—” writes Katherine Indermaur in the first line of her book-length lyric essay, (Seneca Review Books, November 2022). The book’s title is pronounced by repeating the pronoun “I,” with a pause after the first iteration. The word “I|I” also functions as a personal pronoun in the book, often signaling the speaker’s sense of self as both first and third person simultaneously. Throughout , Indermaur seeks clarity about the mysteries of sight and selfhood. She
