Small Matters
A Year in Writing
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Book Details
Language :
English
Publication Date :
12/28/2004
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Format :
Softcover
Dimensions :
6x9
Page Count :
128
ISBN :
9780595335770
Format :
Hardcover
Dimensions :
6x9
Page Count :
128
ISBN :
9780595783793
About the Book
An excerpt from the short story The Lemon Festival
The whole trip turns out to be fun, though, a flashback to Leave it to Beaver land. Whether history happened like a 50s sitcom hardly matters as I stand listening to the country twang of a good band-the beer garden to my left and a two-story giant Icee booth to my right. The Lemon Festival is, in fact, well-organized. Families with strollers are everywhere. Couples have come after church: women in their floral dresses, men in their dark polyester slacks and dress shoes. The couples browse the booths and sip lemonade. Mothers in sun visors and matching flip-flops lather their children in sun screen. The children scream and pull away. A brigade of young men in construction yellow t-shirts, Volunteer Ministers their t-shirts say, work the crowd with religious brochures.In Small Matters, columnist Joe Woodward delivers a one-year slice of life in the Los Angeles suburbs with this appealing collection of stories about everyday people who struggle, weep, triumph, and make a difference.
About the Author
Joe Woodward has written for many publications including the Los Angeles Times Claremont-Upland Voice, and Poets & Writers online magazine. A finalist in the Glimmer Train Press Short Story Awards for New Writers, he has taught writing at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, and Kingsborough Community College.