My work is about longing and desire, but also the anguished beauty of a D minor chord.

I think of writing as a form of love, a way to hold onto those we have lost, those we are always losing.

Nadia Ghent is a writer who spent two decades as a professional violinist in New York. She holds graduate degrees from Manhattan School of Music and Harvard, and she performed regularly at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. Her work has been published widely and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is writing a memoir about music, madness, and love.