Putting Myself Together (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) by Antiguan-American Jamaica Kincaid gathers selected nonfiction writings from the acclaimed author, spanning 1974 to the present day. What emerges is a nuanced, frank and often disarming portrait of Kincaid in her own language and on her own terms, whether she speaks of her move to New York at the age of 16, or of her historically-rooted preoccupation with gardening, which began in the 1990s. These essays are well-positioned to reach longtime devotees of Kincaid’s sharp and unrelenting prose. They are also presented with generous context to entice new readers to her remarkable body of work.