“We’ve spent so much time at this park that it should almost be named after our family.”~~Spud by Patricia Orvis
The summer of 1995 is remembered for the extreme heat wave that hovered over the Chicago area. It’s also the summer Jackson learns some tough lessons about life and love.
Cluttered exposition slows the tempo of what has the potential to be a good story.
“The women are crisp and sit.”~~from the poem “High School Classroom, America” in the anthology My Chosen Prison by Christine Kay Severson
The frustration and complexity of language. Beautifully written.
“They give hope to the confined.”~~Facing the Blank Page: A Collection of Essays and Poems by David Martin
Martin, an English teacher and writer, started the literary journal Fine Lines, and shared his love and vision of writing. This book is a compilation of essays and poems he wrote for the journal. Good reading.
“”The air is cool.”~~from the play “Sing to Me Through Open Windows” by Arthur Kopit in the book The Day The Whores Came Out to Play Tennis & Other Plays
Like the title play!
“But I have also learned that there are other truths that aren’t necessarily written down and many more evolving even now.”~~The Big Book of Angels
Interesting reading on angel encounters and beliefs.
“Nahmanides in his Torat ha-Adam refers to “the Jew Asaf” and his book on healing.”~~A Dictionary of Angels by Gustav Davidson
This is a great reference book listing angels and fallen angels.
“His opponents?”~~from the story “A Champion All Around” by Kay Presto in Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul
If you like NASCAR, you’ve got to check out these checkered-flag winners. By the way, I ❤ Dale Earnhardt, Jr. I do!
” ‘God, I need five pounds of potatoes, two punds of pastry flour, apples, pears, a cauliflower, carrots, veal cutlets for Saturday, and beef for Sunday,’ she said.”~~Where Angels Walk by Joan Wester Anderson
“FOR THIS IS THE AGE OF ANOMIE: A NEW LAW!”~~Angels in America: Perestroika by Tony Kushner
The finale of Angels in America: Millenium Approaches. Beautiful.
“I’ve had many fathers, I owe my life to them, powerful, powerful men.”~~Angels in America: Millenium Approaches by Tony Kushner
Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama in 1993. A daring but beautiful play about AIDS.
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