Ananya Vajpeyi's book, 'Place: Intimate Encounters with Cities,' is reviewed as a work that allows cities to reflect back on the reader, rather than a typical travelogue or academic study. The book explores place as an ethical condition and a state of attention, drawing on essays written over twenty-five years across thirteen cities. The reviewer highlights Vajpeyi's approach to cities as interlocutors, reading them like texts with attention to subtext, shadow, and silence.