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Valerie talks about her compulsion to collect.

I’ve never understood the point of denying one’s age, especially among people with whom I graduated.

I’m Alex Hunt, Professor of English at West Texas A&M University in Canyon for the HPPR Radio Readers Book Club 2022 Fall Read.It’s my pleasure to be discussing Annie Proulx’s That Old Ace in the Hole, published in 2002. Proulx is best known for her novel The Shipping News, which won both the Pulitzer and the National Book Award, and her short story “Brokeback Mountain,” which caused quite a stir when Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal starred in the film version.

When we made the decision, we agreed that from time to time, Joel could pick up a few small handyman jobs around town.

Hello, Radio Readers. I’m Jane Holwerda from Dodge City, Kansas. Up next for our Fall 2022 Read, “Rural Life: Revisited,” is Annie Proulx’s That Old Ace in the Hole, with shifts in perspective from that of the novel we’ve just been talking about, Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio.

Hi, I'm Alan Erwin from Amarillo and I've been reading Winifred Gallagher's How the Post Office Created America.The American postal system is a marvel. Often maligned, it is a miracle of efficiency that every one of us takes for granted.

This is the first time for me to review a book for Book Byte. I am sitting at my kitchen table writing to you while my cat, Kitten, tries to take my pen away.

Hi, this is Sara Crow, owner of Crow & Co. Books in Hutchinson, Kansas, recommending one of my favorite books of the past year: When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill."I encourage you to consider a question: who benefits, my dear, when you force yourself to not feel angry?"

On behalf of the High Plains Public radio, this is Dr. Mary Scott, Professor of Biology at Dodge City Community College., welcoming you to another BookByte. This summer I read Sherwood Anderson’s collection of 22 short stories entitled Winesburg, Ohio. First published in 1919, the stories are based on his childhood in Clyde, Ohio.

You’ve heard about how sociable he is, but you haven’t heard about Joel's mischievous bent.