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by Nina Boutsikaris (Author)
I'm Trying to Tell You I'm Sorry is a hybrid memoir that explores identity, gender, intimacy, and the complexities of telling one's own story. Blending personal narrative, lyrical prose, and meta-commentary on art, performance and perception, the book refuses traditional linear storytelling in favor of fragmented, self-reflective vignettes.
At its core, I'm Trying to Tell You I'm Sorry traces the author's experiences as a woman navigating relationships, sexuality, illness, loneliness, vulnerability, and the act of being seen--both by others and by herself. Boutsikaris often situates her identity in relation to others--particularly men--and interrogates how her sense of self has been shaped by performance, desire, and trauma. Through various episodes, she recounts moments of self-erasure and redefinition. Boutsikaris creates a powerful portrait of a self in flux, always in the process of becoming, and always questioning whether that process can ever be honestly captured. Nina Boutsikaris's memoir is an intimate, experimental exploration of womanhood and the elusive nature of truth.Author Biography
Nina Boutsikaris' essays have appeared in Fourth Genre, Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies, Third Coast, Hobart, The Los Angeles Review, and elsewhere, and were listed among the Notable Essays in Best American Essays 2019 and Best American Essays 2016. Her short memoir " Surrender" was anthologized in the book, The Best of Brevity: Twenty Groundbreaking Years of Flash Nonfiction. She has taught at The University of Arizona (where she earned her MFA), Eugene Lang College, Catapult, and Gotham Writers Workshop. She lives in the Hudson Valley where she works as an archivist. She is currently writing her second book.
