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November 2006

A Talking Horse and a Boat Race

Sunday, November 26, 2006

“If you want to make the world better, you gotta stop trying to improve people’s minds, and start improving their dispositions.”
--Walter R. Brooks, “Ed Has His Mind Improved”

A horse, of course, and a classic battle between age and youth on a Cambridge river.


War Wounds

Sunday, November 19, 2006

“At every meal, Vietnam sat down to dinner with our families.”
--Tom Bissell, “War Wounds”

A son comes to terms with his father’s war, in a moving post-Vietnam memoir.

Books by Tom Bissell available for purchase at Amazon.com


Odd Couples

Sunday, November 12, 2006

“She was not the woman he expected to meet.”
--Aimee Bender, “The Meeting.”

Two odd couples struggle with love, and a contemporary comic fable provides a wry twist on family devotion.

Books by Aimee Bender available for purchase at Amazon.com


Rural Outcast

Sunday, November 05, 2006

“It’s definitely not a starter home, or a golden years home. It’s a dump, is what it is, and I decide to remain in bed for the rest of the day and maybe my life. I’ll never own a home, or be a real mother. I’ll become a bed person.”
--Chris Offutt, “Second Hand.” Outcasts, social and emotional, speak out in a regional American tale and an Iranian one.

Books by Chris Offutt are available for purchase at Amazon.com