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Monthly Archives: July 2010

South-Asian / American

[A dusty desert dive bar in the Antelope Valley. A clean-shaven  South Asian gentleman enters wearing a collared shirt and jeans.  He nods, cocksure, to the bartendress, who recognizes him and smiles. He takes a seat at a dark corner table, gestures to order a glass of merlot, and begins to read his Nook by the [...]

Review of “The Wind in the Willows”

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame My rating: 5 of 5 stars I have vague memories of the animated movie; fleeting images come to mind that seem mostly centered on being frightened at the crazed look in Mr. Toad’s eyes as he wildly careens down the road reveling in his addiction, the speed [...]

Review of “Brooklyn” by Colm Tóibín

Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Brooklyn” is a beautiful novel by Colm Tóibín that explores broadly human themes in a well-portrayed specific setting. When Ellis, a young Irish girl, leaves her home town of Enniscorthy for the wide world of New York in America, she is awkward, wide-eyed, and ill-prepared [...]

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