The Bridge is a narrative DJ set that goes beyond what plain language can capture—an audio companion to my essay, At the Edge of Her and Me.
I chose these tracks for their visceral pull. Each one holds memory, grief, intimacy, and the ritual of returning to the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge—a place that tests the will to live. The sweet void. The women who stood with me. The ones who disappeared. The one who stayed.
Below is the tracklist with insights, each piece aligned with the emotional current of my essay and the novel it inspired, The Desert Road of Night.
TRACK LIST
- Linah Rocio & The Lighthearted — Love Letter
- Just Friends — Avalanche
- Nicolas Jaar — Why Didn’t You Save Me
- Linah Rocio & The Lighthearted — Black Sea
- Lisa Gerrard — Mirror Medusa
- Lisa Gerrard — Devotion
- Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper — True Stories
- Sven Weisemann — Falling Leaves
- Finland & Aaskoven — La Babianello
- The Cinematic Orchestra — Wait For Now / Leave the World
- Ólafur Arnalds – So Close
Explore deeper themes in my novel, The Desert Road of Night, which features a chapter called The Bridge, based on At the Edge of Her and Me, is available now on Amazon.
