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Marguerite Duras, with whom I’ve reconnected thanks to Deborah Levy’s brilliant Things I Don’t Want to Know, wrote that women often create a home in search of a utopia. Levy points out that the utopia is often defined by others’ needs: “We had a go at cancelling our own desires and found we had a talent for it. And we put a lot of our life’s energy into creating a home for our children and our men.” The force of this observation nearly caused Levy’s book to fall from my hands. I was guilty of this (endless) search for a domestic utopia; yet, this description did not entirely sum me up. I enjoy trying to figure out where my favorite lamp looks best, or what plates to use for dinner tonight, but when I am not searching for utopia in my home I am teaching, reading, doing research and writing (and paying bills and going to the doctor and a whole lot of utterly non-utopian activities.) Over the years, my pursuit has been blighted by more than one domestic dystopia. And

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