The King's English Bookshop

I was born in Salt Lake City, where I have lived off and on and am now, once again, a resident. I have taught writing at various colleges in Utah and Arizona and most recently in Seattle, where it rained a lot. I loved it. But I also loved Arizona, where it didn't rain much. I do a little writing. I have a novel in progress, long in progress. I listen to music, make a little music, garden a bit obsessively. Sometimes I get depressed but it usually doesn't last. The older I get the more I love to play bridge. It's a good thing to do when you run out of conversation. I am a veritable dinosaur, married 42 years to the same man. I have survived the death of a sister and my parents. I have a wonderful husband and three wonderful children who each have three wonderful spouses. I have five brilliant and beautiful grandchildren. Life is good, right now, today. Hey, just give me a good book, I'm happy. Here's just a short list of plays, poetry, short stories and novels I love and re-read or intend to re-read. Amsterdam and Atonement by Ian McEwan. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen Regeneration, The Eye in the Door, Ghost Road by Pat Barker Prince of the Clouds by Gianni Riotta Buried Child by Sam Shepard Happy Days by Samuel Beckett Mother Courage by Bertolt Brecht W.S. Merwin poems Mark Strand poems T.S. Eliot poems Chekhov stories William Trevor stories Alice Munroe stories Mavis Gallant stories V.S. Pritchett stories I could go on and on but I won't. It might be obvious that I'm a reader of short stories and am always recommending them, but, alas, most people prefer novels.

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