Category Archives: 9/11

Don McLean and the next ‘Mindbenders’ (huh?)

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I haven’t been around much lately (Bad Ted! Bad!) because I’ve been writing a lot (Good man, Ted!). But I read something this morning that really struck me. I’ve never been a Don McLean fan, despite my friend Barry’s repeated … Continue reading →

Canaries in a Coal Mine

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Cristina G runs a really fine book blog at http://www.alaskanbookcafe.com/ She wrote me months ago (link here) about her son who returned from Iraq ten years ago and the PTSD he shares with Greg, the character who tells the story in ‘Mindbenders’. We’ve … Continue reading →