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[close] This is a group supporting the idea that there is a paucity of current fiction being written about the era from 1960 to 1980. The tumultuous period of Cross-country trips, a generation gap and the social movements of anti-war, pro civil rights, plus woman's, and gay liberation. The period from what might be called the first Liberation Lit book, "On The Road", to Tim Robbins string of irreverences in the late seventies, with "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues"providing a good example. But what writers are reflecting back now on this period of huge change and a restructuring of the entire social contract? Where are the novels to finally end the divide between the returning soldier and the protesting hippie? Where is the closure that is needed as baby boomers enter their old age. They need art to reflect their sense of all this finally being past.

[close] Books that invite us to reconnect to nature, open our eyes to the wonder of the natural world around us, and inform us about the healing power of nature

[close] Running to Thousand Letters - An Unexpected Adventure is the first in a series about what happens when Author and lifelong adventurer Wendy Drake unfolds 1,000 letters she bought at an estate sale in 1997.

[close] A group where your wildest dreams come true, a group where deep discussion of fine literature occurs, and a group where anyone cannot be anything.