Mass: Essays on Memory, Language, & the State of Massachusetts

In her second collection, Buick Audra dives into the dark blue waters of her memory to deliver a body of work about her adolescence and early adulthood in Massachusetts. She swims between friendship dynamics, collaborations, and the music scene that shaped her early career. The essays serve as companion pieces to the songs of the third album by Friendship Commanders, MASS. Between the music and the prose, Buick demonstrates that putting new language around older experiences can sometimes change the narrative entirely.