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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.

Monday, August 3, 2015

The Softer Side of Bonneville

                                                                                                          Michael Taylor photo©2015
..."And every year, they get stuck, really stuck, sometimes mired up to the axles in salt that hasn’t quite dried out from the millions of gallons of water that have been sitting on the flats during the rainy season. In fact, the Bonneville speed trials are held in August, September and October. Those are the dry months..."
              Michael Taylor stopped at the legendary (and soggy) Bonneville salt flats while driving to Maine from SF. The piece he wrote is up at Hemmings.

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