Car may not be the word. Automobile is long outdated and car seems to be going or to have already gone the same way, although it is perhaps still appropriate for this particular vehicle, a red '59 Cadillac convertible with a front seat wider than a porch swing, a cumbersome white top, and the makings of history in its various grills, bumpers, fins, and chrome ornaments.

To tell the story of this car is to tell the
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—Sallie Bingham, from Red Car

Mark Jarman is interviewed by the Savannah Morning News.

Lia Purpura's Rough Likeness is reviewed in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

The 2012 Kathryn A. Morton and Mary McCarthy contests are now open for submission! Click here to submit your manuscript electronically.

02-18-2012
Rough Likeness

510 Reading Series Minás Gallery 815 W. 36th Street Baltimore, MD 21211
5:00 pm Reading from Rough Likeness


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