A poignant and darkly humorous journey unfolds in 'I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness,' as a writer flees her domestic life and faces her past demons in the expansive Mojave Desert. After giving birth, she succumbs to postpartum depression, yearning for liberation from the roles of wife and mother. Her speaking engagement in Reno spirals into a haunting odyssey, where encounters with lost loves and familial specters compel her to confront her life choices. Traversing the desolate landscape of her childhood home, she grapples with haunting memories and current realities, culminating in a profound exploration of identity and place within the world. Claire Vaye Watkins weaves a narrative that is as harrowing as it is humorous, a reaffirmation of her place among today's significant voices in literature.