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So its been 9 months since my stenosis produced the painful and disabling symptoms I shared earlier. I’m pleased to report that I am mostly back to normal, other than being measurably weaker than I was in January. This remarkable

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This book of seven linked stories explores male identity in a traditional context. Being old, I recognize the men in these stories failing at an identity stemming from the patriarchal expectations of Western culture even as a more modern interpretati ...more
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There is a strong desire in a work like this to try and seek order in the chaos, but part of the point here is that the inner chaos of the characters is drivng the form. What is the inner life of a man? How does Adam reconcile the pressures of his li ...more
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These two guys met when Paul was 15 and John was 17. Over the next 15 years they changed pop music forever. Each chapter of this book bears a song title, and song by song Ian Leslie traces this historic musical evolution. On the way, through theur be ...more
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