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October 2007

Food Fantasies

Sunday, October 28, 2007

“My toaster oven was put to far more interesting use. I began with toasted cheese, that staple of starving people who live in garrets.” —Laurie Colwin, “Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant.”
A surreal recipe from provincial France, and a glimpse of the private pleasures of food writer Laurie Colwin.


Indian Country

Sunday, October 21, 2007

“’OK,’ said Loman, as he stood in the telephone booth. Crazy Horse didn’t need Tums. ‘OK. Think.’ He took a deep breath; he wondered if the world was a cruel place.”
—Sherman Alexie, “Indian Country.”

A successful Native American author cannot plot his own life.


Strange Families

Sunday, October 14, 2007

“Driving back I described the wild horses in the sea, the people selling beadwork on the beachfront. We were both happy for a moment." –Lynn Freed, “Ma, A Memoir.”
Strange relations, surreal marriages, and interspecies bonding, in a quartet of stories classic and contemporary.


A Baseball Celebration

Sunday, October 07, 2007



“Hang up your spikes” But he doesn’t. He can’t. He won’t. He’s no grandpa with hair the color of cigarette stains and a blanket over his knees. He’s no toothless old gasser sunning himself in the park. He’s a big leaguer, proud wearer of the Dodger Blue, wielder of stick and glove. How can he get old? The grass is always green, the lights are always shining…this is the game that never ends. –T.C. Boyle, “The Hector Quesadilla Story.”
Stories, poems, recollections, and a special interview take us out to the ballgame.