Being in the middle of something has its pluses and minuses. Halfway in between the beginning and the end, one hits their stride. But one can also run into speed bumps and old obstacles unresolved. Two and a half years into a global pandemic and the world is in the middle of becoming something new and grieving something that ended. But the middle is where the magic happens. In this intimate poetic examination, Mary Alexandra Stiefvater confronts love, death, politics and the magic of becoming something unexpected.