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Written by David Radavich
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Wednesday, 26 September 2007 19:00 |
America Bound: An Epic for Our Time Author: David Radavich
Publisher: Plain View Press
ISBN 978-1-891386-68-8
Available at http://www.plainviewpress.net/gallery2/pages/americabound.htm
 America Bound is a book of epic sweep, featuring 24 monologues spoken by three generations of average Americans responding to events around them since the Second World War. A wide range of voices, male and female, black and white, old and young, discuss their experiences living through World War II, the Vietnam War, Civil Rights movement, feminism, and AIDS, all the way to the current war in Iraq. Together they offer a multi-faceted, colorful portrait of American life for the past half-century.
Christian Knoeller describes the book as "an account across generations so inclusive as to seem Whitmanesque," while Leonora Smith lauds the author's gift "of being able to evoke character with only a few words from a speaker's mouth": "This is poetry that matters." David Radavich is an award-winning author of both poetry and drama. This latest volume combines both genres into a narrative of the nation's character and history. As one reviewer puts it, "This book makes me hopeful for the future of American poetics as part of our political discourse, as part of a common life that binds our diverse interests."
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Hat's Off!
Hats Off! to Tom Hooker, winner of the 2012 Fountainhead Bookstore Fiction Contest. He will read his winning story, "The Grand Child," on Saturday, January 19 at 5:00 pm at the Fountainhead Bookstore in Hendersonville. A reception will follow. |
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