Mariah Rust is currently earning a master’s degree in translation at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. She graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University in New York City in May 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in French literature and translation. Apart from being a now-published translator, Mariah is also an accomplished Scottish Highland dancer who has performed in France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Scotland, Russia, and China.
Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris, France / Photo by Linda Gerbec / Unsplash
Gare du Nord (an excerpt)
It’s 12:30 p.m. and her pale-blue blouse is soaked in sweat, her white li…