false 590059 1 In the nine stories of <I>Let's Do,</I> various calamities strike ordinary Midwesterners, who cope with a mixture of good intentions and ineptitude. Balancing humor with painful clarity, author Rebecca Meacham pulls readers into the lives of characters who struggle with and more often against--change. <P>"Rebecca Meacham has one of the freshest voices I've encountered in a long time. Blatantly wise, she creates stories that are deliciously subversive, brave and outrageous, reminiscent of a young Alice Hoffman. As the lives of her characters get derailed, they move with the damaged grace of walking through broken glass on tiptoe. This is a writer whose words speak with emotional resonance about the resilience of the human heart--a beautiful, authentic talent who knows that when you turn life upside down, you get good measures of both trouble and laughter, a lesson the very best writers recognize early."--Jonis Agee, Judge <P>"The characters in <I>Let's Do</I> are the kind of people we don't want to be--drunks, stalkers, lonely ex-wives and husbands, grieving Parents, all decent people who do indecent things and Rebecca Meacham writes about them brilliantly, with empathy, intelligence and a scathing sense of humor. This is a terrific debut, by a fearless, hugely talented writer."--Brock Clarke, author, <I>What We Won't Do</I> <P>"The world of Rebecca Meacham's <I>Let's Do</I> is as brilliant as a diamond. Even the simplest actions--a walk across a snowy landscape, a visit from a sister--shine with unexpected light, and lives that at first appear to be simple are full of angles and refraction, showing greater complexity than we might have dreamed. Meacham's vision is complex, her characters rich and memorable, and the impact of her stories is dazzling."--Erin McGraw, author, <I>The Baby Tree</I> 576822 12 2004 Let's Do (Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction) total:12|5:6|4:4|3:2|2:0|1:0| 12 52 16 0 0 0 false false Mon Oct 26 14:09:25 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 14:09:25 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 15:38:40 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 15:38:43 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 10:32:37 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 10:32:48 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon May 25 06:27:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 06:27:00 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Apr 10 14:23:56 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 14:24:05 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jan 18 16:02:51 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 16:02:51 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 20 17:17:44 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 11 08:49:40 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 07 02:02:18 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 02:02:18 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Thu Oct 09 08:57:35 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 12:45:39 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 08:57:35 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Aug 01 14:42:44 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 14:42:44 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Mar 26 19:05:10 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 19:05:10 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Dec 18 13:39:52 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 13:39:57 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Tue Oct 23 14:18:49 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 14:19:43 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sat Aug 25 14:36:31 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 14:36:31 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Thu Jun 21 22:02:49 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 21 22:02:49 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Wed Jun 20 16:45:08 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 16:45:08 -0700 2007