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Original Essays | December 12, 2009

Alexander McCall Smith: IMG The Courage of Others



I have recently written a novel about life in England during the Second World War. I felt some concern before I tackled this theme — the War... Continue »
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    La's Orchestra Saves the World

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More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon
More Than Human

rtharpes, January 1, 2008

I appreciate this book much more than I did 40 years ago, when I was befriended by Theodore and his wife.
He lived in a small house in Elysian Fields, in the hills overlooking downtown Los Angeles, close to Dodger Stadium. I was quite young, and one of those alienated youths he writes about, looking for my gestault. They were kind to me, and my picture hung over their fireplace mantle for a few years. Theodore was a most interesting and intense person, and I am grateful that I had an opportunity to meet him.
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