My favorite part of this book is the title story (and my favorite part of the story called “The Beatrix Gates” is the section of it which is also called “The Beatrix Gates”). The essay, “Trans Central Station” is very interesting and informative. The odd story, “Burning Beard”, seems to be a retelling of something from the Torah, but I am not familiar enough with that to have any sense of how closely it follows the original. The interview with Terry Bisson makes me wish that I had met Pollack. I think I would have really enjoyed chatting with her.