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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.

Sunday, October 4, 2020

1971 GMC 1500

 

From Alex Emond, in Saskatchewan:  "I spotted this clean classic in Swift Current. Quite basic ... a good looking, practical truck, almost 50 years old ... easy to overlook that fact."
AL: we think these early 70s trucks look a heckuva lot more modern than the overfed 2021 model-year bulksters. Modern as in cool, sleek, form-follows-function. Today's massive units are like today's mainstream movies out of Hollywood: big-budget vehicles with childish story lines and no character development. 
Gargantuan. Boastful. False. Aggressive--hey! Remind you of anyone?




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