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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.

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

CJ Jeep

Super-size me--not! Everything in America becomes, over time, a parody of itself. Karl Marx can probably explain why. Bigger, fatter, much less interesting. Everything becomes sooner rather than later a parody of its original self. This dynamic seems baked into capitalism. Here's a Jeep from the days when they were lean, mean little machines. Most Americans couldn't fit behind the wheel, now. Thanks to Basha Burwell who caught the machine on a steamy hot day in Clayton, Missouri.
Q. Do people still say "Missourah"?




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