Mary Burger 's latest book is A Partial Handbook for Navigators, writings about natural space and constructed environments (Interbirth Books.) Her essay 'But What If the Object Began to Speak?' appears in the 2008 catalog for Amy Trachtenberg's permanent installation 'Groundwork.' Mary is the editor of Second Story Books, featuring innovative writing that explores relationships to time, place, and knowing. She currently lives in Oakland, California and studies landscape architecture. For more information, visit maryburger.com.