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I don’t know what gave me the nerve to apply to Billy Collins’ poetry workshop in January 2014, part of the prestigious Key West Literary Seminar.   The “best writers of our time,” boasts the brochure, “ join readers from all over the world for four days of readings, conversation, lectures, panel discussions, and parties that add up to one of today’s smartest and high-spirited literary gatherings.”     Then there was Key West, a hallowed ground for famous writers:  Ernest Hemingway, Elizabeth...

Becca Levy, PhD. William Morrow, 2022  Levy treats aging as a process shaped by what we believe about growing older, both individually and as a society.   Ageism is real and, like any other prejudice, it hurt. The heart of the book is Levy’s research showing that negative age stereotypes  harm our health, memory, mobility, and even longevity.  When we absorb these attitudes, Levy argues, our bodies respond accordingly. The idea that beliefs can add or subtract years from our  lives is...

Charlie McNab cowboyed for the Marble Ranches during the years Dad was the general manager at the headquarters in Deeth.  We moved back to Elko in 1956, but I don’ t know how long Charlie had been a boarder at the Star before Dad became reacquainted with him.     My folks loved the Star, well, who didn’t?  They were particularly fond of Marguerite and Domingo Ozamas, the owners during those years.   My guess is that sometime when they went down to the Star for dinner,  Dad spotted Charlie...