I thought I would get the book Close Range: Wyoming Stories from my local library. All ten copies are checked out, as are all six copies of Brokeback Mountain, which I have already read on the ‘Net. So perhaps my dreary suburban town harbors some like-minded spirits after all!
Meanwhile, I did my search under the author’s name, and smiled a little to see the titles of some of Annie Proulx’s earlier works from the early and mid ‘80s:
Sweet & Hard Cider: Making it, Using it & Enjoying It
Plan and Make Your Own Fences & Gates, Walkways, Walls & Drives
The Fine Art of Salad Gardening
I’m sure those books were sheer rent-paying drudgery and we all remember those days in our own professional lives. Thanks Annie, for following your muse. The Shipping News astonished me and Brokeback Mountain, the movie, has altered my life.