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Literary gadfly Stephen Hartshorne writes about books that he finds at flea markets and rummage sales.
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April 14, 2018

Destry Rides Again

when I saw a copy of Destry Rides Again by Max Brand at a tag sale, I picked it up, thinking of the excellent movie with Henry Fonda as Tom Destry and Marlene Diectrich as Frenchy, the saloon owner who …

March 31, 2018

A Huge Hole in My Heart

When I learned earlier this year that my Uncle Nat had cancer and his days were numbered, I went into a sort of shock. I just wasn’t ready to lose him. I still find it very hard to accept the …

February 4, 2018

Thank You, Sue Grafton

Thank you, Sue Grafton, wherever you are, for many, many hours of enjoyable reading. The value of your books is partly your great talent, but it was mostly your hard work, and I want you to know it is greatly …

January 18, 2018

Rest in Peace Robert Brassey Hay

It was with deep sadness that I learned this week of the passing of Bob Hay, a close friend of nearly fifty years, a man who delighted me with his whimsical art and poetry and who, through our many discussions …

December 14, 2017

Cousin Bunny Goes Out With a Bang

I really became immersed in The Sixties, the last volume of Edmund Wilson’s journals. There was a lot of interesting stuff about our family, conversations with my grandmother, who was his first cousin, and her brother Sandy who was his …

December 5, 2017

Little Girl Treasures

I was looking through my mother’s scrapbooks and correspondence because one of her close friends recently passed away and I was looking for a letter she wrote to my mom when they were little girls.

My mom saved everything — …

John Mortimer with Leo Kern, who played Rumpole in the television series
November 16, 2017

Rumpole’s Nose

For second hand book lovers, the League of Women Voters Book Sale in Amherst is a real mother lode. I picked up some Lindsey Davis mysteries (set in ancient Rome), a couple of Elmore Leonard books, a few Robert B. …

October 25, 2017

Now That I Was Dead, What Was My Future?

I’ve been having great fun reading The Sixties, the last volume of Edmund Wilson’s journals. They’re more accessible (for me) than many of his other writings, and I’ve learned a lot about many notable literary figures, and even my own …

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