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We own a 1975 GMC Sierra Grande 15 in Maine and a 1986 Chevrolet Custom Deluxe 10 in West Texas. Also a pair of 1997 Volvo 850 wagons. Average age in the fleet is 28 years--we're recycling. I've published 3 novels: THE LAW OF DREAMS (2006), THE O'BRIENS (2012), and CARRY ME (2016). Also 2 short story collections: NIGHT DRIVING(1987) and TRAVELLING LIGHT (2013). More of my literary life is at www.peterbehrens.org I was a Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study for 2012-13. I'm an adjunct professor at Colorado College and in the MFA program at Queens University of Charlotte. In 2015-16 I was a Fellow at Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. The Autoliterate office is in Car Talk Plaza in Harvard Square, 2 floors above Dewey Cheatem & Howe. SUBSCRIBE TO THE AUTOLITERATE DAILY EMAIL by hitting the button to the right.

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Advanced Design Chevrolet, and tomatoes

This just in from Michael S. Moore, traveling in New Mexico:

 "...the scuzzy air was depressing [dust and smoke all the way down and back]; we saw a promising junkyard in San Luis but didn't stop; there used to be an outrageous body shop with a whole yard full of vintage iron as well but it was completely gone; replaced by a Family Dollar store with asphalt parking lot.  Espanola isn't what it once was; franchises, fast food joints, used car lots...what was once lowrider heaven yielded only one custom pickup [coincidentally another '50 chev, lowered and glossy black].  Didn't stop for that one, either. Saturday morning at the Albuquerque Growers' Market there was this '50 Chev--
"--and a whole lot of tomatoes."--MSM
Posted by autoliterate at 4:43 AM

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