Rivka Galchen

An amateur deep-sea diver once said to me about why he liked diving solo: If you stop concentrating for even a few seconds you might die, he said, and I have a hard time concentrating, and so, well, I like to dive.
-Rivka Galchen, NYT Oct 6 2012

We realize, beneath the smoke and mirrors and all the fun, we have been complicit in a heartbreaking tale about the loss, and even the disappearance, of love.
-The Calgary Herald review of Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen