tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-661150013842282362024-03-12T19:56:27.075-07:00Readin', Ritin', & RhetoricTerri Lynn Coop is a lawyer by education, a writer by profession, and an unapologetic geek by choice.Terri Coophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07461583056862465783noreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66115001384228236.post-60627222040575519922020-07-12T22:11:00.001-07:002020-07-13T08:32:45.712-07:00Book Review: Culture Warlords by Talia LavinI'm definitely a denizen of the web. Yes, I read the comments so you don't have to. Because of that, I ventured into <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Culture-Warlords-Journey-White-Supremacy-ebook/dp/B084FXPHM3/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=culture+warlords&qid=1594575861&s=digital-text&sr=1-1" target="_blank">CULTURE WARLORDS</a> by Talia Lavin. The self-proclaimed "mouthy Jew" went on a deep dive in some of the darkest corners of Ye Olde Internet.<br />
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Imagine a square. At the corners are antisemitism, sexism, racism, and homophobia. Now connect those corners with diagonals. At the crossroads in the center is a heavily-armed white man in a Hawaiian shirt and a MAGA hat, reading a screed on his phone about how he has been denied his divine rights. That's where we start. That is ground zero for the bugaloo and the hootenanny.<br />
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Warning: this post may contain wording and images that are racist, sexist, and homophobic.<br />
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The author <a href="https://twitter.com/chick_in_kiev" target="_blank">Talia Lavin</a> is a force to be reckoned with on Twitter, and as such, has drawn the fire of every last mouth-breathing bottom-feeder that infests that space.<br />
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Including the white supremacists. Especially the white supremacists.<br />
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In the introduction to the book, she'll detail how she'd find her name and picture on white supremacist threads with questions like "Would you fuck a Jew?"<br />
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She fights back with snarky self-deprecating humor, a fierce determination, and vocabulary that Merriam-Webster would envy.<br />
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This isn't an easy read. It's not summer fluff or a "light beach read." But hang in there and be ready to learn something.<br />
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She starts out with a detailed and thoughtful discussion of what she considers to be at the root of it: antisemitism. The relentless "othering" of a group in order to create a sense of superiority. For them to be great and united, they have to have a common enemy.<br />
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I knew quite a bit about it but her discussions, for example, of the line between Henry Ford and Hitler but it's still disquieting. Read it. Be uncomfortable. Own it. And while it's not a topic of this book, Ford's contemporaries also tended to be eugenicists - with white protestant being the standard. Worship of the non-existent exalted Nordic is our history and dark heritage.<br />
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She talks quite a bit about de-platforming white supremacist groups on social media. However, social media is not a chain, it's a web. When you snip one thread, the groups reform somewhere deeper. So, instead of the public, not-overly secure platform of Facebook where racists are regularly called out and doxxed, they have moved to encrypted apps like Telegram. When programmers won't give up their encryption keys to the Russian government, that's as secure as it gets. Unless they out themselves (and Talia got several to,) they are truly anonymous. And anonymous on a platform where real Russians and Ukraine-trained fighters have access to them and their grievances - both real and imagined. It's a conundrum. She had to hold her stuff and keep her anonymity when she saw her own name pop up time and time again.<br />
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She talks about sites that were cut down to the soil, like 4chan and 8chan (now 8kun,) only to see them sprout again like the damn hackberry tree growing in a key place on my foundation. I took a quick run through the new sites. The notorious /b/ board on 4chan is mostly sleazy porn. 8kun has some fairly ugly stuff that's heading down the well-worn paths of neo-nazism, antisemitism, and racism.<br />
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It's not all gloom and doom. She went underground in a whites-only dating site (now defunct, a couple of times, but looks like it's back as WASP Love.) She goes into what it took to create profiles that passed on these sites and then holding the line while she drew these guys into conversations to get them to out themselves. There are some really funny moments. As a New Yorker, she chose Iowa. She's lucky she didn't get busted. The state is so sparsely populated that her bluff could have been called too easily. I'd have chosen someplace like Missouri. But she made it work as the AryanQueen1488 (for "The 14 Words" and the 88 meaning "Heil Hitler.")<br />
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Also, I'll confess, I didn't know about Soph. Wow . . . is all I can say. A teen, I don't know what, YouTube racism-spewing internet star who was de-platformed and is now safe behind a paywall at censored.tv. I couldn't access her vids, but reading the descriptions was enough for me.<br />
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The vocabulary of the four corners of my square is rough and she doesn't pull any punches. But, again, don't look away. You can't say #blacklivesmatter and #metoo and "may their memory be a blessing," and be anything more than a performative ally unless you are willing to look into the nest.<br />
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After Eliot Rodgers (now known as "Going ER,") I did my own tour around the man-o-sphere, peeking into the world of incels and PUAs. The biggest site is incels.co, but even they've gone underground compared to some of the stuff I used to see.<br />
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And, of course, she examines the connection between Christianity and white supremacy. The worship of the Templar knight ridding the holy land of the usurpers. It's a heady brew for disaffected young white men who believe the social contract betrayed them. When you've been told you are superior, equality feels like oppression. It can't be their fault. So, time to boogie.<br />
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We can't just laugh at them anymore. Yes, while many of them are Meal Team Six, this last round of street protests was peppered with vehicle rammings and other violence. They haven't been this emboldened since the old days of the KKK. And their leaders are trained, smart, and have weaponized the web.<br />
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CULTURE WARLORDS is that dense chewy read that keeps you turning pages. Don't look away. Talia is the essence of antifa. She's bold, funny, smart, fearless, and uses the best weapon that we have, the bright light of day. Check it out, I dare you.<br />
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Remember 8chan and how it was applauded when their web host turfed them? They are back under the guise of "8kun" and subthreads and images like this one are rampant. Donald Trump is not the cause, but he is a symptom. He gave them what they crave: permission and validation. That's the humid warmth they need to spread like mold. We need to keep forcing them out of their nests. But don't think chasing them off of conventional social media is winning the war. It's just another battle.<br />
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<br />Terri Lynn Coophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290316565247120848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66115001384228236.post-29573795286179330452020-06-26T22:10:00.000-07:002020-06-27T17:20:29.856-07:00Book Review: Blacktop Wasteland by Shawn CosbyI grew up in car culture. My brother was a gear head. My old man liked Chevys - pearl white, chrome, and fast as hell. I thought every girl spent her birthday at the Autorama Car Show checking out splashy wheels like the <a href="https://www.topgear.com/car-news/weird/batmobile-designers-dragster-six-v8s-sale" target="_blank">George Barris "Snakepit" sporting 6 Cobra V-8s</a>. I was raised by a single father so going to the drag races on Saturday night didn't seem strange. Yeah, I didn't get invited to a lot of slumber parties. But I know that feeling of plugging in my fuzz buster on a long stretch of midwestern highway and working the gears. First, the push back acceleration, then the wind-up scream of the engine, feeling the resonance frequency ripple through the frame, and then burying the needle.<br />
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So, I picked up my ARC of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WCYQZ4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1" target="_blank">BLACKTOP WASTELAND</a> by Shawn Cosby with a lot of curiosity. He's an internet friend and I sat with him in the back of the room at the Anthony Awards at Bouchercon, St. Petersburg.<br />
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After reading this amazing book, I have a feeling that next year I'll have to find somebody else to sit with because he'll be up front collecting some award bling.<br />
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The story has two tracks. The most obvious, the one that slaps you like an insect against the windshield is the high-speed chase/romp/heist storyline. Shawn commits random acts of vehicular mayhem, including a near unforgivable crime against a Charger with the police package.<br />
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That particular scene rivals any car chase movie from the golden age of muscle cars in the 70s. And this is coming from someone who won a bet by identifying <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Mary,_Crazy_Larry" target="_blank">"Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry"</a> from the font in one of the opening credit frames. (Bit of trivia, the supermarket Peter Fonda robs in the opening scene was in my hometown of Sonora, California. It's where we shopped.)<br />
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Cosby nails the car scenes, even the ones that hurt my nerdy little heart. The book opens with the main character, Beauregard "Bug" Montage, on the hunt for a drag race. He's short on the mortgage and the bank is getting ugly. He's ready to double the grand he's got in his pocket, and he doesn't mean fold it over. He was sure he's found the right asshole in Warren Crocker. You see, Warren has a lot of flash but he also has a bad valve.<br />
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And here is where we are introduced to one of the beautiful passages in the book:<br />
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"Bug turned and got in the Duster. When he started the car, the engine sounded like a pride of angry lions. Vibrations traveled up from the motor through the steering wheel. He tapped the gas a few times. The lions became dragons."<br />
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Oh yeah, that's the stuff right there. It turns out that Bug Montage is a wheelman. You grab it, he'll rabbit. Face it, a heist is nothing but glorified shoplifting until you are safely away leaving the cops with nothing but empty plates because you ate their lunch.<br />
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But, on the other hand, Beauregard Montage is a businessman and a family man. He's a father of three, two sons with his teen years' sweetheart and a bonus baby you'll learn about as the story unfolds.<br />
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If the car work is the flash that'll keep you digging into your popcorn when this becomes a movie (and, oh my, it should,) the inner conflict between the essential natures of Beauregard and Bug is the depth of the story.<br />
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I love hometown stories and there is always one fundamental question:<br />
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"Is your childhood made of roots or chains?"<br />
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Beau thought he knew the answer to that. Bug had different ideas.<br />
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Without giving any spoilers, Beau is against the wall with money problems. His carefully crafted fine-young-man-who-loves-his-mama life (they had a double-wide FFS, a sign of respectability in a small poor town) is teetering. His mechanic skills aren't paying the bills. And then Bug gets an offer he wants to refuse, but can't.<br />
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A job.<br />
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Just a quick one-off. The Sessions boys have it all figured out. They've got access. They need egress. They need Bug. Against all his better judgment but with zero options, Bug says he's in.<br />
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Famous last words. When something seems too easy . . . well. But just enjoy this part. The amazing wheel work, the crimes against government vehicles, the value of having a rigid plate welded to your undercarriage. Also, always carry a neck pillow. #protip<br />
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Suffice it to say, mayhem ensues.<br />
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But buried in all the automotive theatrics, is Beau's decision to let Bug take the wheel, literally and figuratively. He has to go places in himself and cross lines that he thought he'd left behind. He has to channel his father, Ant Montage. He has to go back to being the kid who slipped behind the wheel and hit the gas to save his father's life. The guy who can swing a wrench and feed you your own teeth as easily as opening a beer.<br />
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Your hometown never lets you forget who you are. Beau is reminded of it every time he drives by the abandoned Tastee Freeze. Local legend says the bloodstains are still there, soaked into the cracked sun-baked pavement. This is a feeling unique to small towns. It reminds you, for better or worse, every time you drive by it because nothing around there ever changes. But, it also bothers the fuck out of you if it's torn down because, man, that's your history.<br />
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Roots and chains. Because sometimes the thing that never changes is you.<br />
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The central talisman to the past is the candy apple red Duster we met in the first scene. It belonged to Bug's dad and came to him in time. When he sat in it he remembered everything from the sound of the downshift to the smell of the chocolate milkshake. And the crunching sounds. It roots and chains Beau and Bug together.<br />
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To end this. To get as even as he can, Bug has to go to horrifying places both inside and outside himself. Places that terrify his wife. She wonders if she's lost Beau forever and she's just another Montage wife left to raise kids on her own and watch the family history start to curl around their ankles.<br />
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And the truth is that Beau doesn't have an answer for her.<br />
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The last line tore at my heart. To quote the writer, "It was like getting hit in the face with a pie that had a padlock in it."<br />
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I give BLACKTOP WASTELAND 5 wrenches up with a tank of nitrous. Be there.<br />
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As a reward for hanging in with me, this is the George Barris Snakepit. All these years later, it took me about 20 seconds to find it. This was my childhood. Who needs My Little Pony?<br />
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<br />Terri Lynn Coophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290316565247120848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66115001384228236.post-57818753886400652162019-08-12T14:05:00.002-07:002019-08-12T14:05:55.139-07:00Book Review: Wanderers by Chuck WendigSKYNET, The Matrix, The Hot Zone, and Randall Flagg walk into a bar.<br />
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SKYNET: I will write a novel by arranging the entirety of the English language into pleasing patterns that mimic human speech.<br />
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The Matrix: I will write a novel by connecting all human minds granting free access to each other's perceptions and realities.<br /><br />The Hot Zone: I will write a novel using nature to scare the fuck out of you.<br />
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Randall Flagg: My novel is the history of mankind with the worst chapters yet to be written.<br />
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In walks <a href="http://terribleminds.com/ramble/blog/" target="_blank">Chuck Wendig</a>: "Hold my beer, bitches."<br />
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I've been a fan and casual internet friend of Wendig's for many years. I thoroughly enjoyed the Miriam Black saga. It's hard to describe. He has an excellent sense of place and reaching into some of the basest aspects of being human. For example, Miriam Black uses her psychic abilities to be in the right place to rob victims of fate.<br />
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But Wendig's works also redeem the scoundrels in surprising and satisfactory ways.<br />
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This book is a big satisfying chewy chonk of an apoc novel. It's loaded with characters following threads that will converge, social commentary, contemporary issues, and SCIENCE! From a technical standpoint, it rivals Arthur Haley in being placing the reader in the moment grappling with what the complexities of what hell is happening right now.<br />
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In <i>WANDERERS</i>, people start falling into trances and walking across the country. At every town, more join the flock until it is a thousand strong.<br />
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The flock is non-violent, non-intrusive, and non-threatening. And people are terrified. For one segment of humanity, the flock is to be guarded and shepherded. For another, it must be destroyed. Neither side understands it. Intended or not, I found this to be a metaphor for the "caravans" approaching our southern border. Some people are welcoming and nurturing while others seek to destroy it as "the other."<br />
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I like this method of being dropped right in the middle of the unfolding crisis with no tedious prologue or foreshadowing. Like one of the iterations of Dawn of the Dead where the opening scene is a reporter saying, "The dead have come to life and are eating the living." There's no time to ponder. The emergency is on and it's only going to get worse. You'll find out why later.<br />
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Reading about the flock requires some suspension of disbelief. They are virtually invulnerable and have no need for food, water, or rest. Just roll with it. Your questions will be answered. The flock is a constant thread throughout the book. Always walking west.<br />
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While the news and social media fixate on the flock. While conspiracy theorists and hellfire internet preachers compete for clicks, something else is happening. A famous businessman bumbles into a previously isolated wildlife habitat and is mauled by its inhabitants. Here, the author makes his only small technical error in the impeccable science lacing the entire book. When Garlin said he needed five rabies shots, he was right, but Chuck missed the RIG protocol. Given the description of the injuries, Garlin would have needed more like 55 shots. <a href="http://terribleminds.com/ramble/blog/" target="_blank">Ask me how I know this. </a><br />
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But in this case, 555 shots wouldn't have been enough.<br />
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I've long been fascinated by zoonotics. These are diseases that can pass between humans and animals. And it's probably what will take us out of the game. As soon as Garlin began exhibiting symptoms, my first thought was, "That sounds like [disease]." I dropped everything and read a couple of technical papers. Yup, I was right. And, oh, holy shit . . . . GAH!<br />
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Ebola and Bubonic Plague show up from time to time in political thrillers. They are poor choices for getting a pandemic off the ground. Despite the fact that plague, in particular, is curable, both diseases kill you too fast.<br />
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I know, right?<br />
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It's what is sometimes called "the burn rate." Both are blazing hot fires that knock you on your ass so fast that you crawl home, go to bed, and wait to recover or die. And modern societies don't do the things that spread Ebola, such as elaborate home-based funeral rituals that expose everyone to blood and bodily fluids. We call the professionals and the body is handled like an unwanted carcass. And if you did get exposed, you're sick in your own bed before you can get on an airplane and spread it through a half-dozen airports.<br />
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Bubonic Plague rebooted western civilization in its three-century reign. To this day, scientists are studying pockets of descendants of plague survivors and finding they have interesting features in their immune systems. It was the beginning of the end of serfdom, changed the value of labor, and opened the door to the Industrial Revolution. Oh, and it was partly driven by climate change. Whelp, in <i>WANDERERS</i>, the human history Magic 8-Ball is being shaken again and it's "Answer Unclear - Try Again Later."<br />
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Chuck did some serious homework and found something creeping, insidious, and highly resistant to our existing medicine. There is some medicine but it's not enough. You either survive or you don't and you're on your feet and spreading it like a damn boss before your own symptoms are florid. I am sitting here getting itchy just thinking about it.<br />
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Meanwhile, back here in the real world, there has been some bleating and rending of American flag t-shirts over the perceived political agenda in the book. I have one answer to that: LOL WUT?<br />
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The story does unfold with a contentious presidential election as a backdrop. The centrist government is being challenged by a bellicose populist. The so-called militias and the fire-and-brimstone evangelicals and opportunists fan the flames of hysteria to further personal agendas as the crisis unfolds. In other words, it's Friday in America.<br />
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Not once is a political party named but the "deplorables" just seem to know who "they" are.<br />
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Hey, Broflake, if the MAGA hat fits . . .<br /><br />But, the conventional politicians don't acquit themselves well either. There is weakness and indecision when there isn't a "plan for that." It shows a flaw in our society. If a true pandemic were to dig in, with an ancillary crisis (for example, the flock,) hard strong things that aren't batshit cruel are going to have to be done. And that will take strength and the willingness to think outside the box and not worry about the polls and Twitter. This tends to not be qualities we value in modern leaders.<br />
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So, we have the absolute collapse of our society in the background and the threads of the different storylines in the foreground converging in Colorado (intended or not, there are several Stephen King easter eggs in the book, enjoy them.)<br />
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Throw in a sinister AI presence and a half-dozen lies and hidden agendas and we have a fucking party.<br />
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Wendig wrote a game-changing apoc epic that deserves its comparisons to <i>THE STAND</i>. It's audacious in its ambition and it works. The science is spot-on (and I know my shit in this department.) The characters are well-drawn, interesting, and flawed in ways that let them carry you along on their journey. Yeah, Shanna gets annoying but it's that characteristic that saves lives at the end. Dr. Benji is my favorite kind of reluctant hero. The guy who doesn't want to be there but has the skills and integrity that gives him no choice. Noble as fuck. Beautiful doomed Arav. And O, M, G, aging rocker Pete Corley and his RV in that critical closing scene. It gives just desserts to a horrifying villain who truly deserves what happens to him. We recognize these characters in many shows and books: Rick and the preacher in The Walking Dead, Frannie and Stu in The Stand, and so on. They are us.<br />
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And then we have Black Swan. I won't give up any spoilers but, trust me, even Randall Flagg would throw up his hands and said, "No Bruh, I'm good. Keep me out of this one."<br />
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If you are in the mood for a book that breaks the mold of 65K words and out. One that takes its time developing characters and explaining and exploring science, with lush well-presented settings while it's, you know, describing the end of the fucking world, then <i>WANDERERS</i> is for you.<br />
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Black Swan has already predicted that you'll like it. And you don't want to disappoint Black Swan, do you?<br />
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Here, you look like you need a Kleenex. Take the box. No, I'm good.<br />
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<br />Terri Lynn Coophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290316565247120848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66115001384228236.post-55394212611192465142019-07-14T16:12:00.000-07:002019-07-15T19:21:20.089-07:00Book Review: The Other Mrs. Miller by Allison Dickson I lost a few evenings worth of sleep over THE OTHER MRS. MILLER, the debut novel by <a href="https://www.allisonmdickson.com/" target="_blank">Allison Dickson</a>. Let's talk domestic thrillers. Like all things associated with writing, there is no neat definition but there are a few common threads. Domestic suspense or domestic thrillers deal with what goes on behind the closed doors of those tidy homes with the meticulous landscaping and the sheers that are coordinated with the shades which tone with ethically-harvested natural front door wreaths that rotate with the seasons. They are large stories in small spaces. The thriller "ticking clock" is the one over the sink. Nothing bad ever happens here. Until it does.<br />
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That's where <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Other-Mrs-Miller-Allison-Dickson-ebook/dp/B07JLRM5KJ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2DRWYE1FTE4O3&keywords=the+other+mrs+miller&qid=1563143720&s=digital-text&sprefix=the+other+mr%2Cdigital-text%2C225&sr=1-1" target="_blank">THE OTHER MRS. MILLER</a> starts.<br />
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Phoebe Miller has lost her family name to scandal, her marriage to crushing ennui, and her ass to ice cream.<br />
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Medicating her discontent with her, on the surface, perfect life with wine and naps, she is willing to drift along with her only amusement being tracking the strange car parked on her street.<br />
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Phoebe apparently has a stalker.<br />
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Not much of one, but, still, anything for some amusement, Phoebe keeps a journal of the comings-and-goings of the odd blue car and its slightly-built driver (Is it a woman? Well, wouldn't that be interesting.)<br />
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We notice cars. In my time as a defense attorney, I saw eyewitness testimony be all over the place. The suspect was a short-tall-fat-thin-light-complexion-black-white-man with a full head of hair over his receding hairline. But regarding their car, even if the witness said it was a light green late model doohickey-mobile, they remembered the beanie baby in the rear window (because it's the one they need) and the decal on the windshield (because they work with someone who belongs to that gym.) I can't tell you why but that's how it works.<br />
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As for the stalker, to quote Rachel Maddow, put a pin in that.<br />
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Phoebe Miller, the domestic dilettante, has another distraction. She has new neighbors. The vacant and genteelly decaying home of that nice old couple has a moving truck in front of it. A mom who sits on her front porch surreptitiously smoking. A dad who screams his anger into his cell phone as he paces back and forth.<br />
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And, wait, what's this?<br />
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A son who is everything a fine young man should be. All long and lean and tanned and charming with the restless energy unique to nineteen-year-olds.<br />
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Two friendships develop. Phoebe and her new bestie girlfriend eat quiche and shop and gossip about their husbands. And then there's Phoebe and Jake most definitely not eating or shopping. She didn't intend to turn into Mrs. Robinson . . . but, hey, it's just for the summer, right? Soon her hobby will be headed off to school and she'll have some amazing memories to help her while away the wine-tinged hours by the pool.<br />
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However, something happens. Phoebe starts to wake up and realize she's still young and beautiful (albeit a bit fluffy from her dietary choices.) She also realizes that she deserves to be happy. That her husband and house and family scandal don't have to define her.<br />
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Money's not an issue and there's a whole world out there. Well, damn, if this just isn't a Hallmark movie in the making . . .<br />
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What separates this book from others in the genre is the story flows like sand through an hourglass. You're flipping the pages, watching Phoebe shaking off her malaise and realizing her potential. And the sand is flowing faster and faster, oh my, she's not going to do that, IS SHE?<br />
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And BAM, the sand runs out. Three words change everything (isn't it always three words?)<br />
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Nope, I'm not going to tell you what they are. I found out myself and so will you.<br />
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And then the hourglass is turned over and . . . .<br />
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We have a whole new ballgame. Remember that pin you put in the blue car. Go back to that.<br />
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I can't go into what happens next without unnecessary spoilers. Just let me say that it has an absurdness to it. You, the reader, are in on the secret and it's your job to play along. Think of it as your role in a stage play where everyone is wearing a mask.<br />
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Because the first person to break the pretense is the guilty one.<br />
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Repeat, everyone knows this storyline is a lie.<br />
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But the first one to call it out will be destroyed by it.<br />
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This is where the adjectives like Hitchcockian come in. Like the tightly-plotted suspense stories and mysteries of Hitchcock: everything is a clue, everything is a lie, everything is an act, and everyone has a secret.<br />
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I'm a big fan of the movie version of Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Indians," the crux of the story is that there is a murderer at the dinner table. Maybe passing you the potatoes. Maybe it's you. The clues are there if you're willing to look and listen. In the movie, they break the 4th wall in the middle for the "Mystery Minute." There is a quick wrap-up of the clues and an invitation to solve the mystery.<br />
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Allison doesn't break the 4th wall, but the "Mystery Minute" in the novel comes when the players are gathered around the kitchen table. Everything is laid out. It's time to solve this. I had my ideas but wasn't sure. And the clue is there. Can you catch it? Finally, we know the truth.<br />
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Or do we?<br />
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Epilogues are just for wrapping up the threads and showing how everyone is happy because the bad guys have gotten their due and you're on a beach with nothing but the future in front of you.<br />
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Or is it?<br />
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Maybe there are a few more grains of sand stuck in the neck of that hourglass. Don't leave before the credits. <br />
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Technically, this falls under the purview of "unreliable narrator." Meh, I can see that. However, the unreliable one is the writer. She leads you on with one thing and then she messes with your head and laughs while she does it. THE OTHER MRS. MILLER is a solid debut that will keep you guessing and flipping pages. Total thumbs up.<br />
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<br />Terri Lynn Coophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290316565247120848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66115001384228236.post-87196733149670078522019-06-09T16:26:00.000-07:002019-06-09T16:31:55.812-07:00Head In the Clouds at the City in the SkyThe pottery lizard in the photo is one of my most prized possessions. In the great scheme of things, it's not overly skillful or valuable but to me it's priceless. In Native American lore, lizards bring dreams, healing, and survival. That symbolism is powerful because it also was one of the turning points of my growing the fuck up.<br />
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The year is roughly 1996. After a successful stint as an engineer with Big Oil, I'd decided to go to law school. The industry was in the grip of downsizing and I saw the writing on the wall. In the summer after my first year, I took an epic road trip from Chicago to Santa Monica to see a friend. It was my first major trek on Route 66.<br />
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No cell phone. No GPS. No apps. Just guidebooks, a road atlas, plenty of time, and no need to hurry. I took every side trip I could find.<br />
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One of those side trips was to the <a href="http://www.acomaskycity.org/home.html?pgid=1" target="_blank">Acoma Pueblo </a>in New Mexico. It's a must-see. It's the oldest continually occupied Native American settlement in the United States. Since 1150 AD, the tribe has lived here. It's still home to a semi-permanent population that tend the traditional mud brick huts without power or running water. I'm sure these days, the tourist interface is slicker and it's depressingly crowded. It wasn't then.<br />
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For me, it turned out to be something more than a scenic diversion.<br />
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I turned off the highway and headed into the heart of the reservation. I stopped at an overlook to take in the kind of red rock vista that can be found only in New Mexico. There were a couple of other vehicles and a white-haired lady sitting at a card table. After the obligatory photos (on FILM, bitches,) I wandered over to the two couples at the table covered with painted trinkets. One of the men was holding forth about Native American pottery symbolism and pontificating about all the patterns and designs to the oohing and aahing of his companions. After they piled back into their motorhomes, I talked to the lady. Yes, she was the artist. Yes, she lived at the pueblo.<br />
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And then the question that changed everything.<br />
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Me: Do you make the pottery?<br />
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Her: Oh no, I buy it at the store.<br />
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It was then I knew she'd been trolling the previous group. I'm sure they thought their painted-whatever was some authentic piece of Native American art holding great spiritual significance that they'd purchased from a tribal wise woman. Nope. She was a grandmother who cranked them out at the local pottery shop and hustled tourists on the weekend.<br />
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And, for whatever reason, she chose not to hustle or troll me.<br />
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This was one of those moments when I learned the difference between being a visitor and a tourist.<br />
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After a nice chat, I paid $12 for this painted pottery lizard that's probably from China. The painter's name is on the bottom. It's Robin. The pattern is certainly authentic, a quick and easy rendition of the centuries-old baskets and pottery I'd see when I visited the pueblo. But my little friend here is not a mystical sacred totem. He's an adorable trinket that supported a local artist. To me, that's the wellspring of his magic. He's the repository of one of my great memories.<br />
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Access to the pueblo is strictly controlled. As it should be. The city is on top of a mesa with a several-hundred-foot drop to the valley floor. One reason the society has lasted so long is that they'd pull up the ladders when threatened and wait out their enemies. The pueblo was built to withstand a siege and the desert was their friend.<br />
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Their biggest threat came in the 1500s with the arrival of Spanish conquistadors and missionaries. A church was built and many of the natives converted. However, unlike too many other tribal settlements, their culture was not eradicated. Instead, the tribe assimilated the Catholics, instead of the other way around. To this day, their religion is a blend of the ancient traditions of both the tribe and the church. On their private sacred days, they bring out their saints and dance with them through the streets to the beat of their traditional drums. Inside the church is a painting dating back five centuries. It was a gift from the Spanish governor of the territory. It's not framed. It's nailed to the adobe wall. The dark church and dry climate have preserved it perfectly. It matches anything I've seen in the Louvre.<br />
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How do I know this? Because I stayed close to the guide, obeyed the rules, listened, and asked respectful questions. I was a visitor in a sacred space.<br />
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Conversely, the tourists snapped photos in the cemetery after being told not to, chattered through the presentation, touched things that were old when the first white people set foot in North America, and were generally tone-deaf and ham-fisted. One woman asked a question that offended our guide down to his toes. I could see it in his eyes. I don't remember it exactly but it was about their religion. It was out of line. I don't think she caught the venom in his answer. I did.<br />
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I checked the pueblo's website and see that they've really tightened up the photography rules and dress code. There's a reason for that. Too many tourists and too few visitors.<br />
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I think one of the reasons I enjoy my travels so much is that I try to don the mantle of visitor. Don't get me wrong. I love to read plaques and flip through postcards and if you're on my souvenir list, it'll be silly and cheesy. But I try to always remember whose space I'm in. In Paris, I had to tell a woman to keep her toddler from smearing its hands across a Picasso. She gave me quite the dirty look in response. She'd paid her admission and was entitled to the space.<br />
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Visitors love places.<br />
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Tourists maul places.<br />
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And if I ever forget that, I have the sing-song voice of an elderly Native American woman in my head to remind me that if I want to be hustled, trolled, and considered with contempt there will be someone more than happy to oblige.<br />
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And if you're in New Mexico, visit the Acoma Sky City. It's stunning. I can't even describe the rugged majesty and aura of ancient magic.<br />
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Hydrate, use the bathroom, change into comfortable shoes, follow the dress code, mute your phone, pay your fee, get on the bus, stay on the path, don't smoke (or fucking vape,) don't smuggle in snacks, listen to the guide, don't touch anything, respect the photography rules, make a small (or large) purchase from one of the local artists, keep your opinions to yourself, and then leave. Your specific face may not be remembered by the residents but your actions will be and you'll always be welcome. And, by the way, they'd love it if you stopped by the casino . . . *winky face*<br />
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<br />Terri Lynn Coophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290316565247120848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66115001384228236.post-78413561624166585512019-01-21T14:10:00.000-08:002019-01-21T14:10:33.668-08:00Serial Fiction: Legal Aid - Part ThreeAfter *cough* too long of a delay, here is the third and final installment of Legal Aid. I tried to catch and distill what working high volume low-pay law is like. Amazing work is done but there is also the very real limitations on resources and options. Also the security issues. I'll share a bit more on the other side.<br /><br />Just wandering in? You can find <a href="http://readinrittinrhetoric.blogspot.com/2019/01/serial-fiction-legal-aid-part-one.html" target="_blank">Part One here</a> and <a href="http://readinrittinrhetoric.blogspot.com/2019/01/serial-fiction-legal-aid-part-two.html" target="_blank">Part Two here</a>:<br /><br /><br />
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“You owe me, Sinclair.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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My boss took the one comfortable chair on the other side of my desk. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Challenge accepted. What’s up?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Two things. First, Richardson Oil is willing to comp an executive suite for the weekend. One of their board members also sits on our board. They keep a floor at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Parkshire</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Building</st1:placetype></st1:place> for visitors. Once I promised that their name would be on top of the sponsor banner for the rest of the year at no extra charge, they jumped at the chance to be altruistic.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“The Parkshire? Can I stay with her?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Not even on a bet. I also called in some big markers. After the protective order hearing, The Essex Firm is taking over the divorce.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the silence, I realized I was gripping the file. This was my case. I wanted to see it through. I wanted to win.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He nodded toward my clenched hand and said, “And that’s exactly why you have to step away from it. Law can’t be personal. Well, not too personal. <st1:place w:st="on">Essex</st1:place> has the resources, investigators, and security to keep her safe. We don’t.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Do they know everything? Even about the brick? This isn’t really in their portfolio.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Given the laughter on the phone, I think the brick sealed the deal. Listen, I know they made their millions defending white-collar criminals and drug lords. Once every year or so, they like to cleanse their collective soul with a <i>pro bono</i> case. Something nice and messy that’ll get their name in the papers as do-gooders. It’s a chip I don’t cash in easily or foolishly. Don’t make me regret going all in on this.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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He was right. I couldn’t let my pride stand in the way of <st1:place w:st="on">Sharon</st1:place> having a lawyer that didn’t get out of bed in the morning for less than $10,000. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Thank you. You know what? I no longer believe half the things I’ve heard about you.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The joke broke the tension. My manager did his job. He had my back, and more importantly, my client’s back.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Half is about right. I’ll send Willy over to sit in on your Friday morning docket. He’s so fresh out of school that it’ll seem like an adventure. As for you, why don’t you get her stashed and go home. You have a big day tomorrow and it’s too damn hot in here.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The implied <i>don’t fuck this up</i> hung in the air. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“I can’t accept this.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The corporate suite was a fully-equipped two-bedroom condo with a million-dollar view of downtown. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Yes, you can. It was donated by some people who believe in you.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I’ve worked on some construction jobs in buildings like this, but I’ve never seen one complete. I didn’t know such places existed outside of TV.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“They do and it’s yours. Don’t go out and don’t use the phone. You can use the intercom to call the concierge and order take-out. It’ll go on the company account. You don’t have to do anything except eat, sleep, and soak in that gigantic tub.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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She didn’t move. It was up to me to give her permission. I got a designer sparkling water out of the fridge and sat at the granite breakfast bar with my finger hovering over the embedded intercom panel. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“What kind of pizza do you like?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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She smiled and said, “Anything but pineapple. Marty always insisted on pineapple. Will you stay and eat with me? Is there any chance you could maybe stay tonight? This place is so big and quiet.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I nodded and placed the order. What’s the point of receiving a direct instruction if it didn’t get a bit bent a little to fit the circumstances? <o:p></o:p></div>
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The best part of Friday afternoon was watching Dan Gold squirm and cast furtive glances at the courtroom door. My gut told me that Marty Klein wasn’t about to show. He’d probably found the trailer empty, trashed the place, and went on a bender. I wasn’t disappointed. The best law is the kind where the number of variables is reduced to zero. Drama and law are a bad combination. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Mr. Gold, where is your client?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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His decision as to whether or not to lie played in his face. When his shoulders sagged, I knew the truth had won.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I have no idea. I’ve been calling him since he got out of jail. I respectfully request a continuance.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Ms. Sinclair, your reply?<o:p></o:p></div>
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“The petitioner objects and moves the permanent <st1:place w:st="on">PO</st1:place> be granted based on the unopposed allegations in the petition.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The last word was barely out of my mouth before she banged the gavel and said, “So ordered. We’re adjourned.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Smiling, I gathered my files and flipped Dan the bird when the bailiff turned his back. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“What just happened?” <st1:city w:st="on">Sharon</st1:city>’s voice was shaky.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“You have a Protective Order that’s good for two years. I wish it was a bulletproof shield, but it is the best I can do right now. Come Monday, you’ll have temporary custody of Ryan and the freedom to move wherever you want. You’ll only have to come back when your lawyer needs you for divorce hearings. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“When you need me, right?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I motioned to a man dressed in a black suit that barely contained his muscular physique and sunglasses tilted back on his shaved head. The unbuttoned jacket told the observant that he was armed. He took a chair on the other side of the table. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“<st1:city w:st="on">Sharon</st1:city>, this is, um, Mr. Smith. He works for The Essex Firm and is going to be your escort and security through the hearing on Monday. They are the best lawyers in the state. You couldn’t do better if you tried.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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She slapped the table, “But I want you. You know. You understand. I can’t afford this.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“You need the best. I’m not the best. The protective order is done and my boss arranged this. Their usual retainer is $50,000. There’s no charge to you for as long as it takes. But you have to cooperate.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Mr. Smith” leaned forward and said, “Ma’am, I was a Marine and then Secret Service. No one, especially that sack of shit that didn’t have the balls to show his face, is going to hurt you. We’ll even help you move after the legal beagles sort it out. You’re safe with me. I pack a lot more than a brick.” He punctuated the last line with a wink. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Something in his strong even tone got her attention and she listened to every word. I knew exactly what he was doing. He was edging me out and assuming authority over her. I was simultaneously relieved and sad. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I stood. “<st1:city w:st="on">Sharon</st1:city>, you’re in the safest hands possible. I’m going to say goodbye to you now and go back to my office to get your file together for your new lawyers.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Can I call you? After I get settled with my mom?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The plaintive note struck me to my bones, but there was only one answer. “No. I need to be able to say I don’t know where you are, even if asked by a judge.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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Her bodyguard stepped into the breach and led her from the courtroom.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It was over. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The laid back Friday afternoon attitude in the office wasn’t the usual comfort. I tidied the file, brought the notes up to date, and sealed it in a courier envelope. One of our law students volunteered to run it the six blocks from the crumbling Legal Aid building to the gleaming brick and leaded glass headquarters of The Essex Firm.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The departing intern nearly bowled Lana over as she leaned in my door. “He’s probably going to drop off a copy of his resume as well. Come on baby, we’re all going for a beer.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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“I’ll pass. I’m not in the mood.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“It wasn’t a multiple choice question. We’re just going across the street. Have one and then you can go home to whatever’s waiting.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Whatever was a pile of laundry, a carpet that needed vacuuming, and a pint of ice cream. I hadn’t even made time for a pet. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“You know what, that’s the best idea I’ve heard today. I’ll be right there.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“You know I’ll check.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I wouldn’t have it any other way.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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I stayed for two and a round of happy hour buffet. Even though it was still sunny outside, as I descended into the bowels of the parking garage, the hot stuffy gloom soon enveloped me. We got our parking free, another tiny Legal Aid perk, but the worst building on the block also got the worst parking. The bottom level was low-ceilinged and tangled with dripping pipes. My space was in the corner. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I saw it after I threw my briefcase in the trunk. The beer and hot wings rumbled in my stomach and threatened to come back up.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There were three toilet paper roses on my windshield. </div>
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This story is based on real cases I saw working in public interest and social justice law. In the bowels of the courthouse, you saw the pain of domestic violence. After victims' wounds were bandaged they were left to face the legal system. I did tell the construction worker in the polyester blouse that I didn't want to know her new address because I didn't want to have to lie. Less than a week later, her abuser popped out from behind a shrub and demanded that I tell him where she'd taken their son. I was able to hold my ground and say that I didn't know. I also remember well a woman calling me weeping in relief that her husband had wrapped his truck around a tree and was dead. She asked me if I thought she was terrible. I was honestly able to say "no." </div>
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Some people think lawyers are cold and arrogant. Sometimes we are. We're also sin-eaters. We have to ingest everything our clients give us and reconstitute it into something that will help them all while being the keeper of their hopes and secrets. So yeah, the armor builds layer by layer. </div>
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Terri Lynn Coophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290316565247120848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66115001384228236.post-68003392179705179822019-01-13T16:15:00.000-08:002019-01-13T16:15:43.966-08:00Serial Fiction: Legal Aid - Part TwoI hope you enjoyed part 1 of "Legal Aid." If you missed it, <a href="http://readinrittinrhetoric.blogspot.com/2019/01/serial-fiction-legal-aid-part-one.html" target="_blank">you can start from the beginning here</a>. Sometimes the wheels of justice veer off the track.<br />
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LEGAL AID - PART TWO<br />
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I brought two heaping plates back from the taco bar. <st1:city w:st="on">Sharon</st1:city> had only taken dabs of salad, but I could tell by the speed she cleared her plate that she was hungry. I did something I don’t like to do, but sometimes it’s necessary to apply a little force. I put a touch of authority into my statement and didn’t frame it as a question. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“You need to eat. I have a client or two pass out every month. The judge is required to call 911 and it’s almost always hunger or dehydration. Plus, you don’t want Mr. Rojas to think we don’t appreciate his hospitality.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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After asking for permission with her eyes and receiving my nod, she picked up a fork and dove in. I kept the conversation light until I heard cutlery scraping on china. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“We need to talk about your case. Tell me what happened and tell me about the letter.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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She detailed a story I’d heard many times before. A fight escalated into blows. She tried to use her above-average strength to shield her face and body, but she’d had to flee into the yard. A neighbor heard the tumult and called the sheriff. When the deputies arrived, she was unconscious on the front lawn with her five-year-old crying and pulling on her hand. Her husband was nowhere to be found. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“How’d you get the letter?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“It was on the front porch the next day. I called the sheriff again, but they wouldn’t do anything. The lady on the phone suggested I call you for a protective order.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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I knew the rest of it. Marty Klein wasn’t arrested for strangling his wife within an inch of her life. He was arrested during a bar fight at the VFW hall in their small town. Luckily, he couldn’t make bail and a sharp-eyed intern in the DA’s office put the two cases together. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“I have to ask because they will. What about the brick?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I was on my back and he had his hands on my neck. I reached around and found it, the garden is edged with them, and klonked him to get him to let go. It cut his forehead. I’m really sorry for that.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Don’t be. Did he let go?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“No.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I got my first look at Marty Klein when court reconvened after lunch. Sitting in the jury box, hobbled and shackled with a belly chain, he seemed small and inconsequential. Until he raised his eyes and bathed me and Sharon in a blaze of rage and hatred. She trembled as I put her in a seat in the back row and asked a bailiff to stand in Klein’s line of sight. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It was game time. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As the docket droned on with short hearings, it pleased me to no end to think of Dan Gold stuck on the third floor waiting for a client that was unlikely to show any time soon. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It was well after four when the judge announced, “<i>In the matter of Klein</i>, parties please state your appearance.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Jillian Sinclair with Legal Aid for the petitioner Sharon Klein.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Silence. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Finally, the judge said, “Bailiff, is Martin Klein present in the courtroom?’<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Yes, your Honor, he’s in custody, in the jury box, on the right side.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Mr. Klein, your presence is noted for the record. Do you have an attorney?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Silence. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Mr. Klein?” The lilt at the end made it very clear that she expected an answer. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In a vote so low and tight that I had to strain to hear, he said, “I do not recognize the jurisdiction of this court, as an arm of the bankrupt corporation of the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region>, over a sovereign citizen.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Oh, fuck no. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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It takes a lot to make Judge Reinhardt angry. From the counsel tables, the flex of her clenched jaw told me we were about five seconds away from a contempt citation. Instead, she turned to her clerk and said, “Does Mr. Klein have an attorney appointed in his criminal case?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Yes Ma’am, Dan Gold of the PD Office.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Well, Mr. Klein, you apparently don’t have any problem with the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region> on the third floor. I am appointing Mr. Gold to represent you in this case as well. I’ll continue this until Friday at three. I don’t need this frippery bogging down the rest of the week’s docket. Ms. Sinclair, do you have any motions?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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It was hard to hide the smile. I may be stuck here, but Mr. Golden Boy was going to be right here with me. Just him and Mr. Sovereign Citizen.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Yes, your Honor. I know that he is in custody, but I ask that the temporary orders continue and be strengthened to enjoin Mr. Klein from any contact with Mrs. Klein, the minor child Ryan Klein, and to not set foot on the marital property, including casual contact such as driving by, parking across the street, or being within one thousand feet of any child care where Ryan Klein is present.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“That’s extreme Ms. Sinclair. What is your probable cause basis?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Stand up <st1:city w:st="on">Sharon</st1:city>.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I hooked my fingers on her collar and pulled it out. The reddish-purple handprint glowed in relief against her fair skin. With the other hand, I picked up the letter and read a single line:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>When I was choking you, I was really kissing you. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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The courtroom stragglers fell silent as I met the judge’s eyes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Granted. We are adjourned.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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My client pulled away from me and sat down as if her legs would no longer hold her weight. As I gathered my files and repacked the cart, the deputies shepherded the chain gang out of the box. I couldn’t help a peek at the prisoners and I immediately regretted it as Klein locked me in a baleful glare. I couldn’t look away, that would make me weak, so I held it, absorbing the venom until the deputy tugged on the leash attached to the shackled men and led them shuffling out of the room. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The Tuesday docket was a breeze and I used my downtime to mark-up <st1:city w:st="on">Sharon</st1:city>’s DIY divorce paperwork. I’d seen worse, but it needed some sharp teeth. On Wednesday morning, I filed the amended petition and dropped a copy at the sheriff’s office to be served on Klein in jail. I also talked to <st1:city w:st="on">Sharon</st1:city> and came up with a battle plan. Friday was the first showdown. With the permanent <st1:place w:st="on">PO</st1:place> in hand, I planned on pushing through a set of draconian temporary orders in the divorce. After that, the details could take as long as they took. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Things were on track. <o:p></o:p></div>
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On Thursday afternoon, after mucking through the assortment of he-said-she-said free-for-alls, revenge applications, and genuine protective orders, I was ready to be done with my monthly turn. One more day. I pushed the message button on my office phone. The robotic voice on the third one snapped my head up, paperwork forgotten.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>This is the Victim Notification Service of the Sheriff’s Department. You are receiving this call because you registered with VNS for updates on inmate movements. Martin Joseph Klein, inmate number 95678 was released at 3:15 p.m. local time on Thursday . . . <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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I tuned out the rest of the message. Only one thing mattered, Marty Klein was on the street and his wife was in danger. I forced myself to organize the thoughts racing through my head. First up was to find out how the hell this happened. I hit the speed-dial to the prosecutor’s office. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“This is Jenkins.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I need to talk to Melanie, where is she?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Maternity leave. She went into labor yesterday afternoon. I’m covering her docket for the next few weeks.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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As I processed this, a picture of Paul Jenkins popped into my mind. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Dammit. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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“Plead’em Paul” was legendary in the defense community. On the glide path to retirement, he was trial-adverse and could be coaxed into ridiculous plea agreements. I’d used him to my advantage more than once. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“What happened with Martin Klein? I got the VNS notice today.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Simple <st1:place w:st="on">Battery</st1:place>, six months suspended, and probation. His so-called victim should be thankful I didn’t dismiss this mess. This was a clear case of mutual combat. She hit him with a brick for heaven’s sake. They can settle it all in the divorce.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Dan Gold. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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I hung up. Nothing contained in my bubbling rage would change a thing. The papers were signed and the prisoner released. Justice had spoken. <o:p></o:p></div>
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My next call wasn’t on speed-dial, but I’d memorized it. The first try went to voicemail. I called again. She picked up on the third ring. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“<st1:city w:st="on">Sharon</st1:city>?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“You promised this would be okay. There were roses and a note on the porch when I got back from the store.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I didn’t have time to atone for my own hubris and arrogance. I had to act. It was the only way to keep that promise. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Where’s Ryan?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I sent him away with my mother. They’re going to one of her sisters. I don’t know which one. I didn’t want to know.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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What she wasn’t saying was, “I don’t want to know so he can’t beat it out of me.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Do you have someplace to go?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“No. I can’t drag my sins among my friends. This just is what it is.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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That line was akin to a suicide note. She was waiting for him to kill her. I had to jolt her out of it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Do you have a gun in the house?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Yes. My mom brought me grandpa’s sawed-off shotgun. He was a bootlegger.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I need you to listen to me for Ryan’s sake. Do not let Marty win. If anything happens to you, he’ll use the court to get custody. Remember O.J.,” I hesitated, hating myself for the lie I was about to tell, “They’ll put your mother and her sister in jail.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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That got her attention. Her voice lost some of its flat intonation and she asked, “What can I do?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Lock all the doors and windows. Don’t answer the phone or the door unless it’s me or a law enforcement officer. I’ll call the sheriff about the roses.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“They’re paper. Toilet paper. One for every day he was in jail. He wants me to forgive him.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Do you?” It was a hard question, but I had to know if she was still ready to fight.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“No.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Good lady. Give me a couple of hours. And one more thing.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“What?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Make sure he has one foot inside the house before you blow him away.” I hung up without waiting for her answer.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Another speed-dial, this time to the sheriff’s department. After some lawyer-voice pufferfish-bluffs that had no substance at all, I got put through to the undersheriff. I took a deep breath and explained the situation to him. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“I know all about that. In fact, Mr. Klein reported here after his probation intake to talk about it. He said he left a note asking her to work with him on the divorce and that he wanted to see his boy. I didn’t know about the paper roses, but that’s kinda sweet. The inmates do that for their wives all the time.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“You do know there’s a protective order, don’t you?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Yeah, keeping a man away from his rightful home and his boy. He didn’t do nothing. He didn’t even knock on the door. I don’t blame him after she hit him with that brick. This one’s a non-starter. They’ll sort it out in the divorce. You and Mrs. Klein just need to untwist your ti . . .”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The awkward silence told me all I needed to know. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Why thank you and your concern for my titties. They’re just fine. Magnificent, to be honest. And know that I’ll be discussing that with the county commission.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Another empty threat. Unless the sheriff wanted something done, the civilian command would just write a memo. It was clear that I was on my own. I needed to get <st1:city w:st="on">Sharon</st1:city> into the jurisdiction of the city police force. It was a completely different culture. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Come in.” My manager’s door was always closed. He wasn’t avoiding us. He was conserving every breath of the air-conditioning that the center offices still received. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“I need a hotel voucher for a client. Just until Monday. I swear this is serious. I know things are tight, but there’s always some wiggle room somewhere. He’s going to kill her.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“This is about Klein, right? I just got off the phone with the sheriff’s department. A commander said you made sexually-charged comments to him.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Oh, that’s just fucking rich.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I didn’t say I believed him. It sounded more like a pre-emptive strike. Tell me what’s going on.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I lined it out, including the very real threat to my client. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“By Monday, I’ll have the temp orders I need and she can leave the state if that’s what it takes. But if she doesn’t show or he gets to her, we’ll be back to square one.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Why didn’t you staff this?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“It went too fast. I decided the word <i>Aid</i> in our title meant something.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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His laugh didn’t extend to his forehead. Instead, the vertical line between his eyebrows deepened. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Let me make a call or two. We’re going to talk about this next week. Just you, me, and the director. I’ve always given you a lot of slack because you’re good. But, this one could be too far off-label. We have rules because our funding has rules.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Buried in his words was my last chance to back off.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Fuck it. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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“Understood. Please let me know if you’re able to help. I’ll be working on the motions for Monday.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Everything's going to be okay, right? Come back to this space for Part Three . . . </i></div>
Terri Lynn Coophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290316565247120848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66115001384228236.post-79699937915057094812019-01-12T10:42:00.002-08:002019-01-12T10:44:03.439-08:00Serial Fiction: Legal Aid - Part OneI've received the rights back on a few short works and have decided to release them in serial form on ye olde blog. I hope you enjoy them.<br />
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<i style="text-align: center;">Legal Aid</i><span style="text-align: center;"> first appeared in </span><i style="text-align: center;">BETRAYED</i><span style="text-align: center;">, an anthology of stories about crime survivors to benefit domestic violence programs. As an attorney who used to specialize in DV divorces, I can tell you that the danger is very real, both physically and mentally.</span><br />
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LEGAL AID - Part One</div>
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The death rattle of the prehistoric air-conditioning system confirmed my suspicions as to why management opted for the offices in the center corridor and left the bright sunny spaces on the east and west sides to the lawyers.</div>
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“The Richardson Foundation loans us this building as a tax dodge. It’s cheaper than repairing or demolishing it. The joys of working for a non-profit.” Lana, the catch-all miracle-worker paralegal took a fan off her mail cart and set it on the table by my door. After she plugged it in, the blades hesitated before taking off with enough speed to lift a small airplane off the runway, or all the loose papers off my desk.</div>
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“Um, sorry, boss. I thought you’d like the best one.”</div>
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I adjusted the fan so the jet stream caromed off the wall. At least the warm dead air was being rearranged.</div>
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“No problem. Do you have my docket for Monday? I can’t find it.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“You forgot, didn’t you?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“What?” But even as she said it, reality slithered into my consciousness.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“No. It can’t be. It’s too soon.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“It’s been a month. Ms. Sinclair, you know it’s your turn.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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That turn meant covering the protective order court docket for a week. It meant I had to represent all our Legal Aid clients, including those who came in on our daily clinics, in the hearings for their POs. Since we were mixed in with all the private attorney cases and the <i>pro se</i> applicants arguing their own claims, it was no big deal for there to be a hundred cases on the schedule. It was rare to get out of there before downtown-traffic-jam o’clock.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“You enjoyed reminding me of that, didn’t you? I’d blocked it out, like a root canal. Is the cart loaded?” The <st1:place w:st="on">PO</st1:place> attorney didn’t have a briefcase. The files were arranged alphabetically in milk crates and strapped to a wheeled contraption for transport to and from the basement courtroom.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“You wound me with that question. Have I ever let you down? Here’s the printout with a one-paragraph summary of the facts. There are some doozies on there. Check out <i>Klein v. Klein</i>. He’s on your in-custody schedule. They’ll bring him over from county with the rest of the prisoner chain.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Really? We don’t get many of those. Actually, what I mean to say is that we don’t get enough of those.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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My voice reflected my general disgust at the reluctance of local law enforcement to arrest domestic abusers. The sheriff, in particular, believed that what went on between a man and his wife was private. For them to arrest Mr. Klein, he must have really worked for it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And by the way, what’s the over/under in the admin pool?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“For Monday, it’s three.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Sounds a little high. What’s your criterion?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“It’s going to rain. Too dreary to fight, it’s easier to cuddle and reconcile.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I laughed. About a year ago the secretaries and paralegals began betting on the number of couples that would either call in to drop their protective order petitions or show up hand-in-hand asking for a dismissal. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“And I thought lawyers were the cynical ones.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Oh please honey, you have no idea. Anything else I can do for you? I need to get these fans passed out before your fellow legal crusaders melt.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Is there any iced tea in the break room?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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That earned me another indignant paralegal glare. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“I apologize. Of course, there is. Sweet and unsweet with lemon and mint. Have I mentioned lately that you’re underpaid?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Of course I am. Face it, y’all couldn’t afford me otherwise.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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As her cart creaked down the hall, I turned to the thick stapled document on my desk to find out what was in store for me on Monday morning. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The protective order docket. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Dammit.</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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The first two hours and twenty files went as expected. The facts were so standard that I could template most of my presentations. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Petitioner and Respondent are [husband/wife, domestic partners] that live at [address] and have been together for [years.] On [date,] respondent [hit/kicked/punched/threatened] petitioner, broke his/her cell phone, and called him/her a [you name it.] Petitioner is in honest fear for his/her continued safety and requests the court to issue an order removing Respondent from the home. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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They always broke the cell phone. It was like clockwork.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In most cases, the respondent didn’t show up and the <st1:place w:st="on">PO</st1:place> was granted by default. If they did show, then it was set for a hearing after lunch and that meant I’d actually have to read the file. <o:p></o:p></div>
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At least the courthouse was cool. The judges wouldn’t tolerate anything different. They rotated <st1:place w:st="on">PO</st1:place> court duty every month and they didn’t like it any more than we did. Judge Reinhardt ran a tight ship. She didn’t let anybody ramble and either made a quick decision or continued it until the afternoon. She also always called a twenty-minute recess about halfway through the morning session. There was an unspoken <i>use this time to work things out</i> when she dropped the gavel and fled the bench. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As the representative of Legal Aid, I got the coveted space on top of the newspaper machine in the hallway to spread out my case files and conference with other attorneys. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“So what are you going to do about Marty Klein?” <o:p></o:p></div>
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Dan Gold of the Public Defender’s Office was the one guy in the courthouse with a bigger docket than mine. His cart merited an intern. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“A pleasure to see you as well. Why do you ask?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I have him at three, or whenever he’s done down here. The DA wants Aggravated Domestic Battery with 12 months. I’m trying to deal it to misdemeanor <st1:place w:st="on">Battery</st1:place> with credit for time served and probation. Klein wants to know if she’ll drop the <st1:place w:st="on">PO</st1:place> in exchange for him giving her the mobile home in the divorce.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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My well-honed bullshit detector pinged right to the red line. I liked Dan. We’d even flirted around at the happy hour bars where lawyers congregated. But this was business. Sharon Klein was my client and Marty Klein was his. We were adversaries. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Let me pull the file. That’s the case with the letter.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Yes, the letter. He is really sorry about that. He says he’s been praying for her forgiveness every night he’s been in jail.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I stifled the laugh that bubbled up. Being able to repeat whatever bizarre things our clients uttered and keep a straight face was part of the job description. The original letter, written in pencil on notebook pages with the ragged strips of the spiral binding hanging off the side, was in evidence for the criminal case. I had a photocopy. During a lull in the courtroom proceedings, I’d highlighted a few passages. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Dan, did you read this shit? Not only does he confess to acts that are clearly aggravated battery, well, the rest is just creepy. I can’t, in good conscience, advise her to drop the <st1:place w:st="on">PO</st1:place>. I’m not going to ask her to back off on her position in the divorce or the criminal case either. This isn’t on her. Most of what we see down here is the typical bullshit, but if even half of this is true, then it’s the real deal. Marty Klein is dangerous.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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He ruffled his blond hair and gave me an exasperated overly-dramatic sigh. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“She cold-cocked him with the divorce and asked for full custody of the kid. He went a little nuts. If anything, that letter is evidence of his altered mental state. I’ll tell you right now, he won’t consent to the <st1:place w:st="on">PO</st1:place>. He’ll want a full-on trial and he’ll want to call witnesses about her mental state. Not to mention the brick she took to the side of his head. This is mutual combat.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Are you trying to threaten me? With a bench trial? Ohhh, I see we’ve got a badass here. Try again. It’s called self-defense. He does know that every word he says in the <st1:place w:st="on">PO</st1:place> trial will be used against him in criminal court and the divorce, right?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Before he could answer, a small voice said, “I don’t want the trailer. It’s an evil place now. Marty can burn it down for all I care. But I won’t let him hurt Rhino . . . I mean Ryan. Rhino is what his father calls him.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’m not sure what I expected of Sharon Klein, but a statuesque woman who vaguely resembled Ripley from <i>Alien</i> wasn’t it. My memory flashed on her file, she was a construction worker. However, there were two things about her I easily recognized – the purple handprints on her throat and the haunted hunted look in her eyes. Even the biceps bulging against the sleeves of the circa-1995 polyester blouse hadn’t protected her from the devils that live behind closed doors. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Dan Gold moved to greet her. I grabbed his arm and injected some venom into my voice, “You aren’t thinking of speaking to my client, are you? Tell me you’re not.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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His muscles going slack under my hand told me that my message was received. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“She’s <i>pro se</i> in the divorce. I was just going to convey her husband’s property settlement offer.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Fuck you, Dan.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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And fuck any thoughts I’d ever entertained of making a really bad decision some Friday night. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I turned to the client I’d never laid eyes on before. “Mrs. Klein, is it true you don’t have a lawyer for your divorce?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“No money for it. I got the papers off the internet.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I scooped up my files with a flourish and opened the courtroom door. “You met the financial qualifications for help with your protective order. As far as I’m concerned, you meet the qualifications for help with your divorce. I’m your lawyer now. Mr. Gold, this discussion is concluded and all future <i>offers</i> will be directed to me. Mrs. Klein, if you’ll follow me please?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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When the doors were closed behind us, she started to speak, but I put my finger to my lips. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“We only have a minute before the judge comes back. What are you doing here so early? The in-custody docket isn’t until two o’clock.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I tried to stay home, but couldn’t relax. It seemed easier to be here. What do you mean that you’re my lawyer now?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I softened my demeanor and tone. This woman was fragile and spider-sense told me she was going to need a lot of strength in the next few months. I needed to get her ready for the ordeal to come. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“I’m a senior staff attorney at Legal Aid. Although with the turnover there, senior means I’ve been doing this for about eight years. I have a lot of leeway in the cases I can take. Yours has piqued my interest. We have a lot to talk about, but we need to get through today. Do you have plans for lunch?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Not really. I have a sandwich in the car.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Well, I don’t. Do you like Mexican? <st1:place w:st="on">Chico</st1:place>’s is right around the corner.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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She shuffled her feet, clad in cheap pumps, and said, “I can’t really afford it.”<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: .3in;">
“Neither can I, but the owner comps me a couple of trips to the taco and salad bar when I’m on <st1:place w:st="on">PO</st1:place> duty. It’s not something I spread around because it technically violates the <i>no gifts or gratuities</i> rule. He insists and who am I to refuse? I cleaned up a little problem for his family a couple of years back. By lunchtime, I’m going to want to sit down for a few and we can talk about your case.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Okay, I guess. If you want.” Her tone told me this was a person who wasn’t used to receiving kindnesses without strings attached. At that moment I vowed that Marty Klein would pay -- one way or another. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I patted her arm and glanced at the clock. Only about a minute left. I pulled out my cell phone, another courtroom perk of being with Legal Aid, and punched a number. The usual clatter of dishes and the heavily accented greeting told me I was speaking to the owner. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Mr. Rojas, this is Jill Sinclair. Can you save one of the tables in the back room for me? Thank you.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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I ended the call just as the bailiff entered the room. “<st1:city w:st="on">Sharon</st1:city>, grab a seat and watch. It’ll give you an idea how this works”<o:p></o:p></div>
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She dropped immediately into the nearest chair and worried at the straps of her purse with her big hands. Her manner wasn’t someone getting comfortable; it was that of someone following an order. I quelled my rage as I headed to my seat at the front. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Terri Lynn Coophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290316565247120848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66115001384228236.post-73195172175674137312019-01-04T15:45:00.000-08:002019-01-04T15:58:29.887-08:00Book Review: Coyote Songs by Gabino IglesiasAfter the utter turmoil of the last several months of getting ready to move, moving, recovering from the clusterfuck of the move, and putting my life and work back together, my readin' and ritin' muscles are a bit rusty. Time to get back on that horse.<br />
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Time to talk about cultural fusion, Barrio noir, and things that make us uncomfortable. It's time to talk about <i>La Frontera</i> both literally and culturally.<br />
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<i>La Frontera</i> is more than just the physical, legal, recognized border between the United States and Mexico. It's a mixing zone, a war zone, a barrier both as distinct and as permeable as a soap bubble. Two thousand miles, most of it through the desert.<br />
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And that's where <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Coyote-Songs-Gabino-Iglesias-ebook/dp/B07JQG6X5P/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=" target="_blank">Coyote Songs</a></i> by <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gabino-Iglesias/e/B00AEBI0T8" target="_blank">Gabino Iglesias</a> is set.<br />
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I'm a bit of a rare bird. I'm a multi-generation Californian. The western deserts are in my blood. To understand them, you have to get off the Interstate, get out of your car, get away from the pool, and walk.<br />
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Even in the curated experience of a national park, walking through the desert is magic. The vast sky, the searing heat, and the understanding that you ain't shit out there. The desert is one of the mothers. Like the forest and the sea, she tends to the children of her body, and if you fail or falter, she will take your life essence and use it to nurture her own family. She will harvest it without a second thought. The desert has no more mercy than the ocean.<br />
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The heart of <i>Coyote Songs</i> opens inside a locked metal trailer parked on the Mexico side of <i>La Frontera</i>. A group of people, desperate to escape violence and government-manufactured poverty, gave everything they had to a trafficker and have been abandoned to their fate.<br />
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We are introduced to characters before then, but, to me, this is where the story begins.<br />
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Death by heat suffocation can be described as death by irony. Your body, desperate to cool itself, sheds its vital water. When that water is expelled through your skin, it fouls the air with the thick vapor of evaporating sweat. As you inhale, your own humidity forces your lungs to work harder to extract the oxygen. Meanwhile, the carbon dioxide from your exhaled breath sinks to the floor and begins to build a layer that traps the heat of the metal walls and your own struggling body. When the combination of dehydration and oxygen deprivation reaches a critical point, you lose consciousness, and death follows shortly. You die because your body functioned just as it was intended.<br />
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One of the young mothers, her son dead at her feet, spends her last moments harnessing the hate and rage of losing her family, of losing her dreams, of losing her life, and frees it from her dying body to soak into the desert floor along with the detritus of her life in the physical plane.<br />
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And from that moment, <i>La Bruja</i> stalks the earth.<br />
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And the other characters -- Pedrito, Alma, The Mother, Coyote -- all serve <i>La Bruja</i> as conduits for her hate, rage, and chaos.<br />
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I'm going to leave it at that. I don't want to give any spoilers. You need to read the details as the writer intended.<br />
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<i>Coyote Songs</i> is written as a mosaic. Each chapter is the song of a different character and their fates as they spiral into the rage-choked heart of <i>La Bruja</i>. There are others as well, but we don't see them. <i>La Bruja </i>is as ruthless, thoughtless, and blameless as a tornado. Like a runaway storm, the desert made her and she will not be stopped until the energy dissipates and she is sated.<br />
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The language is rich, brutal, and elegant. The opening scene lets you know right then that you should expect anything, trust nothing, and perhaps think twice before you lose sight of safety and venture into <i>La Frontera</i>. Remember, you were warned. And if you've never experienced a wall of stench and felt it wash over you like moss-choked stagnant water, assaulting you, then you're in for a nasty treat with a visit to The Stewmaker.<br />
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There is a fair amount of Spanish sprinkled through the book. Conversations, prayers, invocations, and rages. I don't speak Spanish. However, English and Spanish are two sides of the same coin. A coin split and united by <i>La Frontera</i>. Try to work your way through it and experience the cultural fusion. Use the linguistic skills you may not realize you have and decode the passages. There is also plenty of context provided for the dialogue. I was never lost, even when my faulty language skills failed me. If you must, pop it in a translator. You can also contact the author. Gabino is never shy or reserved about his work. And he shouldn't be. This shit is good.<br />
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We could stop right there and have a dark mystery full of crimes and hidden motives and characters that are not what they seem overlayed with a nice dollop of horror.<br />
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But wait, there's more. Because with Gabino Iglesias there is always more.<br />
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The wall.<br />
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You know the one I'm talking about. The racist madness that is currently gripping the United States. The dying fantasy of a 1950s black and white movie where dad was all-knowing, mom was all-caring, and two-point-five well-scrubbed moppets gazing adoringly at the camera. An America that never existed outside the fantasy of European immigrants who created it as a balm to their own soul and a way to make millions.<br />
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Points of the book's plot center around ICE, child separation, and the fucking wall that will never happen.<br />
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Walls are interesting beasts. I live in a neighborhood with a lot of walls. Lots are small and houses close together. People erect different fences for different reasons.<br />
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<i>I'm putting up a fence to let my dog off the leash. </i><br />
<i>I'm putting up a fence to protect your children from my pool.</i><br />
<i>I'm putting up a fence to create a grotto to escape a hard world. </i><br />
<i>I'm putting up a fence to let me pursue my hobbies without prying eyes. </i><br />
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These walls are often beautifully crafted and inviting. There is a desire to peek through a crack and see the wonderland that exists inside.<br />
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Then there are the fences that bristle with warning signs about attack dogs and security services and the ever-eye-rolling "I don't call 911." Those are walls that exclude and what's enclosed is usually as bitter as the builder.<br />
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Guess what kind of wall the insane cabal wants to build? A monument existing to tell the Latino population that they aren't wanted. A wall that would cleave <i>La Frontera</i>. A wall that would cut us off from the other side of our soul. A wall that the desert mother would never accept.<br />
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And the crimes that are being committed by the just-following-orders officers of ICE. The crime of child separation and what happens when children don't have the protection of their parents and a society that reveres them. Dark things.<br />
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A while back I saw a photo essay titled "Where Children Sleep." The photographer went to refugee camps and shattered neighborhoods and took photos of sleeping children. The young ones and babies were usually exhausted heaps, deep in slumber where they'd crumpled. Their faces angelic in the brief respite. But around age 8, the eyes begin to hollow out. By 10, there are lines around those vacant eyes. By 12, the light is gone, leaving only hardened flint.<br />
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Biology creates babies, however, society creates adults. How many nascent Pedritos are sleeping in those canvas dorms tonight? No matter how hard they try, scared white people can't amass enough guns to protect themselves from the answer to that question. They are sowing what they and their children will reap.<br />
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No one will accuse <i>Coyote Songs</i> of being "a quick fun beach read." Savor it. Think about it. Chew it thoroughly. Strive to understand what drives Alma. Taste the smell of that small room. Sit with Padre Frank.<br />
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Speak with and listen to the Orishas and appreciate the cultural fusion with the saints.<br />
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But don't lose your way or your concentration. Light a candle to be your guide and anchor as you travel <i>La Frontera</i>. Because <i>La Bruja</i> is waiting for you and if you stumble, the desert will gladly harvest you.<br />
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<br />Terri Lynn Coophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290316565247120848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66115001384228236.post-67451740428419608982018-09-22T13:21:00.001-07:002018-09-22T13:21:24.132-07:00Readin' Ritin' and Rape - Sexual Violence and Consent in FictionLet's talk . . .<br /><br />First off, this post will be a discussion of sexual violence against women, both real and fictional. Proceed as you feel comfortable. Second off, this is just my opinion, observations, and experiences as a writer and lawyer who worked in the realm of domestic violence not enough years ago. It's not a judgment or invalidation of anyone else's thoughts or experiences.<br />
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What brought this about was a social media post by an older white man that Dr. Ford's memories about Brett Kavanaugh may be clouded by erotic and rape fantasies. After telling him to fuck off, I decided to write about it rather than committing the murder this piece of stupidity so richly deserves. Because, like most people, I can separate my fantasy impulses from my actions.<br />
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There has been an on-going discussion in the crime writing community about the cavalier treatment of violence against women. Specifically, the trope of opening a book or show with the "dead girl in the ditch."<br />
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Outspoken actor Mandy Patinkin <a href="https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/why-mandy-patinkin-quit-criminal-minds-1.3536240" target="_blank">was clear about one of the reasons</a> he left the blockbuster <i>Criminal Minds</i>:<br />
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<i>And in the case of "Criminal Minds" and these horrific misogynistic tales, told over and over again, and the torture of women and children, where I had to go mentally was beyond darkness, to be there 16 hours a day, to stay alive and connect. </i><br />
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I respect him for that. The show has continually spiraled deeper into torture porn with every season. We continue to watch it until we reach our own tolerance level. I'm pretty much there. It's time to retire that show. <br />
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However, I continue to be a fan of the occasional bodice-ripper romance, particularly from Kathleen Woodiwiss and Barbara Cartland and several contemporary writers. Even though the questiion of consent is often danced around. I apologize to no one for this.<br />
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Shown here is a favorite. It was my gateway drug.<br />
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In <i>Shanna</i>, the fiery heroine (there is no other kind) is in a bind. Her father has insisted she marry. She makes a deal with a prisoner to marry her before he is hanged. She can then tell daddy that she is a widow "who is no longer a maid." It's an interesting commentary on the time period that as a woman instead of a virgin, she had a lot more agency.<br />
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Our hero Ruark, is wrongly imprisoned. He sees this dazzling woman in his cell and he offers her a deal in exchange. He will marry her if she spends one night with him as his wife. There is a practical consideration for her, she has to rid herself of that pesky virginity thing to make this believable, so she agrees.<br />
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Notice something that is present here? Consent.<br />
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Of course, she double-crosses him. In the ensuing mayhem, Ruark reminds her of their deal and there is a half-hearted scuffle on her part resulting in a brief unsatisfying consummation of their "marriage" in a closed carriage. Further along in the book, they are reunited (hey, this is a romance) and he reminds her that five minutes does not make a night and she owes him. Intrigued, she comes to his bed willingly with nothing more than some quips about her "duty" and an inner desire to show him that he should be careful what he wishes for. Well . . . . cue the white-hot exploding heat of a thousand suns.<br />
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That danged consent again. While there are hints of coercion . . . . no, not really. Shanna may be vain and shallow, but she knows what she wants and learns very quickly how to get it.<br />
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Let's look at the nice white man and his concern-trolling about Dr. Ford's erotic fantasies. An article he relies on doesn't support his position. A survey of women conducted by <i><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-about-sex/201508/why-do-women-have-rape-fantasies" target="_blank">Psychology Today</a></i> found that many women have fantasies about coerced and forcible sex with both opposite and same-sex partners. Interestingly, when "rape" was substituted for "forced," the number dropped significantly. That's because women know the difference, and there are lines, even in fantasies.<br />
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[An aside: There are rape clubs. People can hook up with strangers for simulated rapes. I say simulated because that pesky word<i> consent</i> pops up again.]<br />
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They also found that the two most often given reasons were <i>sexual agency</i> and <i>feeling sexy.</i> Women who were free enough in their own sexuality to say that, in their head, anything goes and explore where that takes them. The second was a sensation of being so desirable that dark dangerous men would risk anything to possess and conquer her. A fantasy like that can go a long way when you have a sick kid and a double-shift at the restaurant coming up.<br />
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At no time did women say they wanted to be held down, half-strangled, and groped by that dude at the party while his friend watched. Instead, they said that they used graphic imagery in the privacy of their own heads to explore wild, forbidden, and dark ideas. To say that Dr. Ford is playing out some sort of fantasy with her allegations against Kavanaugh is disgusting.<br />
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Back to books. Books are vehicles for fantasies and a safe way to explore dark places and touch live wires. This is especially true in crime fiction. Writers have a responsibility to provide that experience without resorting to torture porn. "Dead girl in a ditch" is also sloppy and boring storytelling.<br />
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I've read at least one writer saying she will not read any book with sexual violence toward women. That is honorable and her decision. I don't agree with it, but I see where the message is coming from. It's a call to writers to think before you torture and to give real-world consequences via lost sales.<br />
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The choice to open or not open a book is . . . you guessed it . . . consent.<br />
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My own book, <i>Devil's Deal</i>, has one playful moment of arguably coerced consent (the sweep her off her feet kiss) and one scene of vivid sexually-driven violence. I choose to do it not because I have any desire to experience what I wrote, not even as a private thought. I wrote it because it's how the bad guys would have treated a woman in their captivity. Especially this woman. She isn't raped, but it's pretty graphic. I used some elements I'd read about different torture techniques, for example how crucifixion isn't about the wounds, it's about balance, strength, and suffocation. I incorporated some of this because it was organic to how the scene developed and to bring about the ending that leaves the future cloudy and unsettled.<br />
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I used it to break down both the heroine and the hero. Jewel and Ethan were very different people after they were rescued from the music room. It's going to hang over and between them for the rest of the series.<br />
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Jewel becomes a cranky misanthrope who has to find her way back to her own emotions and sense of safety. Ethan is so broken that he has to reconnect with his own feelings about being a man and not just a caricature of the roles he plays in undercover assignments.<br />
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The bad guys? One got his just desserts. The other, a man of power, is more ambiguous. Just like real life. <br />
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Book 2 involves the death of an exotic dancer. She was killed years ago and Jewel gets sucked into a forensic investigation about what really happened. I drew from a murder in Oklahoma where a man was railroaded onto Death Row after a coerced confession. Jewel is also forced to confront her attitude toward sex workers and that they aren't just punchlines to her jokes.<br />
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There are exactly zero rape revenge massacres (the flip side of the dead girl in a ditch coin). In fact, when she comes into contact with a strange man on the beach, she's fucking terrified as it all rushes in on her. That self-perceived weakness angers her. <br />
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The third book opens with both Jewel's mother and Ethan are trying to get her to come home to Houston and settle down. They want her safe in a controlled environment. She tells them both to fuck off, she's outta here. Her life. Her rules. <br />
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The story arc is her reclaiming her agency and resolving the world's most awkward romance.<br />
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You may disagree with me. I hope you don't, but if you do, that's cool. You can withdraw your consent to read my book. I've done it to others. I can think of a particular thriller where the writer told me just a litttttllllleeeee bit too much about his ideas of sexuality. I just wasn't willing to take that trip with him. I closed the book.<br />
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But what this old dude did was try a variant on the video game defense. Exposure to violence images didn't make him do it. Instead, prurient and sexual fantasies made Dr. Ford do it and mis-formed her memories.<br />
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I specifically told him that even after all these years:<br />
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I haven't forgotten my late husband's face when he slipped that ring on my hand.<br />
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I haven't forgotten the sound of my name when it was announced at law school graduation.<br />
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And I haven't forgotten the face of the manboy who pinned me down as I whimpered and cried in his ear. <br />
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Every time I think we've reached the bottom, I discover there is a parking garage two floors below the bottom.<br />
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Writers need to use violence, especially sexual violence and violence against women, responsibly. It's strong sauce. It's not forbidden. As in the fantasies of the women in the survey, nothing is forbidden. But . . . like any seasoning, the question is "Why?" and "What does it bring to the story?" and "Am I straying into dead-girl-in-a-ditch territory?" and "Is this story or shock titillation?" <br />
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I want your best story and sometimes those stories aren't pretty. I don't want you to censor yourself in order to guard me. I am capable of both giving and withdrawing my consent. Respect that. Invite me to take the ride and then let me decide. But make it your best. Don't cheat.<br /><br />And, by the way, like a chocolate sundae, <i>Shanna </i>is awesome . . . one of the queens of the genre. I'll never not love it. And Barbara Cartland? That old biddy sold a billion (with a B) books for a reason. You'll never find a better primer writing and maintaining a formula-based three-act-story-arc-driven series. They are like Pringles - satisfying and predictable. In other words, they are yummy. Don't like it? I don't recall asking your permission.<br />
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<br />Terri Lynn Coophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290316565247120848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66115001384228236.post-79748336554489940902018-08-05T12:16:00.000-07:002018-08-05T12:23:14.520-07:00In Celebration of Stuff . . . .This last weekend I hit a spot that collectors and other dealers dream of:<br />
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I was mad at my stuff.<br />
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Before I go into that, let me do a dreaded backstory dump. For about 25 years, I've made all or part of my living in the secondary market. That's the formal name for the buying and selling of stuff. If I think I can sell it for a dollar more than I paid for it, I'm all in. I've sold everything from car and computer parts to antiques to every shade of collectible toys and pop culture you can think of. My knowledge is a mile wide and an inch deep. I listen to collectors and other dealers and glean their knowledge and add it to my encyclopedia of stuff.<br />
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My expertise is matching you with the stuff you need (replacement parts, odd books, useful household goods) and the stuff you want (collectible objects and oddities that exist only to make you happy). Stuff is wonderful. It's bright and tactile and can evoke or create wonderful memories. Collectors also preserve history as they curate papers, books, recordings, clothing, and objects. A collector will ferret through every scrap of information available and collect it (because that's what they do), even digging through dumps, all in search of knowledge about their favorite stuff.<br />
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I don't understand those who seek ascetic surroundings. If that's you, cool, you don't have to justify it to me. I need the sensory input of cheerful curated clutter. I like that my lamps sat on end tables in the 1950s and evoke the sense of style and hopefulness of the era. Many of my glasses were stolen, um collected as souvenirs, from hotels across the country before plastic cups became the norm.<br />
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I've made a career of it. And, by the way, I've met more than one person who claims "to be above all that foolishness" who own 500 pairs of earrings or 2000 ebooks. They kid themselves. They're collectors who derive pleasure from the mere existence of the stuff of their choice.<br />
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Note: None of this is to be confused with hoarding. Hoarding is a specific mental illness usually associated with OCD or depression. My late husband was a hoarder. I'm still dealing with it because he was a hoarder with a really good eye. I'm scratching out a living sorting and selling his accumulation.<br />
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He was even a hoarder in the video game <i>FALLOUT</i>. Sometimes, he'd spend an entire day seeking out stuff and hauling it back to his virtual apartment. Every shelf was lined with Pip Boy figures and the other spoils of his picking in the game.<br />
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His hoard was the result of childhood trauma and untreated anxiety disorders. He needed the stuff to soothe and distract him. It cushioned him from his inner turmoil. I don't like the show "Hoarders." They do good work, but they also precipitate trauma and anxiety for ratings. Instead, I'm talking about collections and things that bring joy.<br />
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All that said, now I'm mad at my stuff because I want to do something different with different stuff. I want to move and that requires a 75% de-volume. Every room in the house is floor to ceiling with boxes and piles as I glean the gems out of the hoard. There's also the stuff that's going with me to restart my business and sustain me through what will be a difficult first year.<br />
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GAH! SO. MUCH. STUFF.<br />
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I held a 2-day garage sale this weekend. By noon on the first day, it was "The higher the pile, the sweeter the deal." I made some sales that would have been eye-rolling back in the day. I sold to dealers (we know each other, there's no hiding it,) to collectors, and to people who were going to give unusual vintage pieces to their kids because it's cheaper than Walmart toys (yes, that last one hurt, but, it's their stuff now.)<br />
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The rest of it is being priced for what I'm calling "The Vault of Awesome Fantabulous Buck Booth" at a local flea market. I've developed groupies. They know when I stock and they are there to try and catch the best deals.<br />
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There's also been more than one box where I just said, "screw it" and hauled it to the curb.<br />
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I'm a collector and a dealer, not a hoarder. I can sell it for pennies. I can throw it away. I also know when to hold my ground - because I've got bills to pay.<br />
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Some days, the sheer magnitude of the labor does get to me. That turns it into a job. We all have jobs to do.<br />
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The latest trend is self-styled experts who want to be paid to pressure older folks into "decluttering and downsizing." The shame tactic they use to fuel their business is "don't leave this mess for your children."<br />
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Fuck that.<br />
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Sorting the accumulated possessions and collections of a life well-lived is a privilege. I know that when I'm allowed into someone's life, I treat it with fascination, curiosity, and respect. I've stopped what I was doing to sit and read love letters from WWII. In a dumpster (long story) I found a notebook from a church trip to 1950s Europe and descriptions of sights that will never be seen again. A box of matchbook covers or postcards? I'm done for the afternoon. The bills can wait.<br />
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And, unless you're an expert, you don't know what you're doing. I've been to more than one clean-out where the family assured us that they "got rid of all the old trash" and then expect us to crow and pay them a fortune for the 2008 manufactured collectible Betty Boop kitchen accessories.<br />
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I mourn and wonder what was lost. The history. The esoterica. The dollars and cents. This thing I do is both a joy and a skill.<br />
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So, yes, get rid of the legit trash. The newspapers, the utility bills, the junk mail . . . yeah, get rid of that (especially if water or rodent-damaged). Clean your environment and make it healthy. Give treasured heirlooms to the generations. Sell it to someone like me and use the money for something you need or blow it on something fun. But do it because you want to, not because you're shamed into it by some so-called expert or clickbait article.<br />
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And if there is a true hoarding issue, let someone help - including the emotional and psychiatric help that you need.<br />
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Until then, enjoy your stuff. Don't freak out if your parents are enjoying their stuff.<br />
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And when you're mad at it or need to clean out the estate, call me. Odds are, I'll teach you something about your own parents. And if what I discover is hidden in their underwear drawer, know I'll be respectful.<br />
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And honest. That limited edition Andy Griffith spoon rest is probably worth less on the secondary market than mom paid for it. If you're insulted by my offer or if I decline your price, don't be. I have to wholesale. But you're welcome to do what I do. Look at that photo. How hard can it be? The first thing you need is a van, plastic shelves, and packing materials by the case. And some bookkeeping skill. And time. And a mental encyclopedia of stuff (good judgment comes from bad experience). And a high tolerance for dirt, mold, vermin, and unexpected wildlife. Don't think you'll do it all online. Knock yourself out.<br />
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But for the moment, *looks around* THIS STUFF HAS GOT TO GO. It's in the way of my happy stuff and my happy place.<br />
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Back to work with me . . .<br />
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Being self-employed means you never escape the boss.<br />
<br />Terri Lynn Coophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290316565247120848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66115001384228236.post-78709374480513250812018-07-26T21:15:00.000-07:002018-07-30T11:10:43.493-07:00Reflections on Possums, Friendship, and What's Wrong With the American Healthcare SystemYeah, all of that. This post is to summarize <i>Operation Possum Chomp</i>, its aftermath, some advice, and how it fits into the bigger scheme of things.<br />
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My number one piece of advice is to never insert your hand into the mouth of a possum (Yes, I know "Virginia Oppossum - Didelphis Virginiana." It's a damn possum).<br />
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My first thought was the cost. There was also a fear of pain, but mostly it was getting a multi-thousand-dollar hospital bill. It's real. Stories abound of those who end up in the ER with snake, spider, or scorpion bites and stings and post their $50,000 bills online. </div>
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But I thought about those I know who are battling horrific conditions and those no longer with me. If they'd been offered a vaccine that would negate even that microscopic risk, even if painful and inconvenient, they would have been first in line. </div>
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It's like the HPV vaccine. What parent wouldn't want to protect their child from a known cancer link? The biggest argument I've seen against it is standard murikan puritanism, "How DARE they suggest that MY CHILD would be susceptible to a SEXUALLY-TRANSMITTED disease?" </div>
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Uh . . . that child is a mammal. They are susceptible to sexually-transmitted diseases. </div>
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And, I'm a mammal that was bitten by another mammal. That makes me susceptible to rabies. </div>
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The final decision came to me when my injured hand spasmed. That's an early symptom. Now, I know, rationally, that I have inflammation in the tendons and nerves and a small spasm is perfectly normal. But there was a catch in my throat. One thing rabies does have in common with HIV is that is can be latent for years and then unfurl its deadly flower. I didn't want to have that dry spot in my throat every time I had a muscle spasm or weird pain or a headache for the next decade. </div>
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My call with Blue Cross went well. After reviewing my policy and the byzantine labyrinth of deductibles and co-insurance and co-pays and out-of-pocket maximums, I was looking at around $500. The initial shot to arrest the virus is $1,000 per dose. I needed six doses. That is before office visits and the actual vaccine. </div>
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I cannot imagine facing the decision for myself or a loved one without insurance. The loss of the once robust county health systems has left a real void. I wasn't being reckless. I wasn't petting a wild animal. I wasn't taunting or trying to tame it. I was raised by a true mountain man. One of the first lessons is that "If you can touch it, that means it's too sick to run away. DO NOT TOUCH WILD ANIMALS." My "crime" was reaching into a box in my own garage without looking first. </div>
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However, I was in a tenuous situation where even $500 was disastrous. Business is slow, I'm behind on my bills, and I don't have family to reach out to. </div>
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I made the decision to crowdfund the vaccine course and had it done in about two hours. Not just the money, but the warmth and support. What could have been stressful and terrifying became something to schedule and work out. I was given confidence and a reminder that I have people who care. That matters all the time but it never matters more than when you're sick or hurt. </div>
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1) A common life-saving vaccine that is administered about 30,000 times per year should not cost a-fucking-grand per syringe. It's not some exotic biological or experimental drug. The wheel has been invented. It's a blood plasma derivative followed up with a standard killed-virus vaccine. In particular, vaccines and anti-venoms should be strictly price-controlled. When you are bleeding on a gurney with poison being pumped through you by your own heart, you can't ask for quotes or make the kind of informed decisions that make competition work. You are the epitome of the captive market. </div>
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2) Reformatting the American health care system must include revitalizing the county health system. I should have gone to my doctor and received an immediate referral to the county health department. There, while they were mixing up the initial drug cocktail, I should have been interviewed about the incident for statistical purposes and then given the vaccine with a modest co-pay based on my income. County health clinics would be a perfect use for current Medicaid funding after we merge Medicaid, Medicare, Tricare, and CHIP. Some places do still have great programs, but it is a frayed patchwork quilt that can vary by county. </div>
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3) And even though I want to hug every single person, near and far, that helped me, it's insane that anyone should have to crowdfund mission-critical time-sensitive medical care. </div>
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But, politically, I'm not interested in tweets and slogans. "FREE HEALTHCARE" is meaningless. I want to talk about the details. I don't want to hear that "Oh, I'm sure [candidate] has thought all that through and just doesn't want to bore us." No. I want to see the details about how we reformat such an enormous segment of our economy. I know most other countries do it. We're different. It's a complex situation that dates back to the formation of Medicare that was exacerbated by chaining health insurance to employment. That dates to post-WWII as a way to circumvent wage-hour laws. We have a hell of a knot to untie. </div>
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I was lucky. I had a low-risk bite, health insurance, time to think it through, the ability to have an analytical phone call with my insurers, responsive insurers (not an off-shore call center) willing to go through it step by step with me, and amazing friends who had my back. </div>
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Repeating the statistics. THIRTY THOUSAND people in the US receive the combined rabies series every year. It has reduced the death toll to nearly zero. In under-developed countries, the annual death toll is up to 70,000. In the US, rabies has been controlled in humans. It has not been eradicated. The number we don't have is how many people who don't have the resources just bandage their wounds and decide to roll the dice. </div>
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As of today, I have a big bottle of horse pills, 4 neatly closed puncture wounds (three in a perfect triangle), and the memory of the seven injections I got yesterday. Each puncture got its own special shot of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies_immunoglobulin" target="_blank">Rabies Immunoglobulin</a> (RIG). Then two more syringes of RIG in the get-along and then a shot of the rabies vaccine in the arm. I have three more doses of vaccine, but they are one and done in the arm.<br />
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Rabies Immunoglobulin is critical to keep the virus from infiltrating the nervous system. Once infiltrated, the disease is fatal. The only question left is when. The window varies from 5 to 10 days, but in general, it's ASAP. It's not a railroad spike in the gut anymore but it hurts like a motherfucker depending on the location of the bite. You know what hurts worse? Rabies hurts worse.<br />
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Brynne Chandler is a former professional Santa’s Helper and beauty school dropout best known for her work in writing TV animation during the 1980s and 1990s. Her first paid writing gig was as a ghostwriter for the Atari computer game based on the novel “Dragonworld” written by Byron Price and J. Michael Reaves.</div>
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Her first produced TV animation script was written as a spec for the original “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe”. It was featured as part of the show’s launch at Mann’s Chinese Theater. Her last produced script was an episode of Disney’s “Gargoyles”, a show she also story-edited.</div>
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In between those two scripts, Chandler was the first solo female Story Editor at DiC and 10 years later, she was the first solo female Story Editor at Disney. During that time, she wrote 200 produced scripts, including Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and My Little Ponies, went through several name changes, had two children and received an EMMY nomination for “Batman: The Animated Series.”</div>
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After her TV career ended and she completed production of a third child, Chandler spent two years as Senior Editor at boutique <em>manga</em> publisher “Go! Comi” where she had to learn how to read books backwards.</div>
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2012 Universal Studios - Hasbro promo mug for the Transformers movie. And Buttercup, my spirit animal.Terri Lynn Coophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290316565247120848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66115001384228236.post-54493573310849101152018-01-26T22:02:00.000-08:002018-01-27T10:09:00.976-08:00Writing Dilemma: Overcoming Toxic Masculinity and Creating Empathetic Heroes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dammit, that sounds more like a thesis than a blog post title, but stay with me for a minute. I read and write thrillers, mystery, and all-around crime fiction. I want cars to go fast, shit to go boom, hearts to be broken, and lives and nations to hang in the balance.<br />
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I do not want to rapture over the metaphor of the butterfly in the wind being the eddies in the river of life.<br />
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I also do not want heroes that are tall, stoic, square-jawed, and boring as fuck.<br />
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I don't want Toxic Masculinity.<br />
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This is one of those terms that has become wildly misunderstood and maligned. Sort of like "white privilege." There is nothing wrong with acknowledging the existence of toxic masculinity and how it doesn't just harm boys and endanger women in real life, but also how it makes otherwise good books boring.<br />
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The essential definition of toxic masculinity is forcing contrived, rigorous, and narrow role models on all men, regardless of their essential nature. At its worst, it is defining the "ideal man" as an aggressive, hyper-sexual, unemotional Spartan.<br />
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Man, that's going to be a fun read over the next 400 pages . . . Overcoming it doesn't mean making men and by proxy male characters into squishy weak caricatures of the alpha male archetype.<br />
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I want my heroes to be, you know, heroic. And there isn't much in toxic masculinity that's heroic, either in books or real life.<br />
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In<i> <a href="http://readinrittinrhetoric.blogspot.com/p/novels.html" target="_blank">Devil's Deal</a></i>, the first book of my Juliana Martin series, I realized that she needed a recurring partner, love interest, and foil. In swaggers FBI agent Ethan Price. He's a crack shot, has a Wrangler ass, speaks half a dozen languages, and, in general, looks like he belongs behind the wheel of a 1971 Challenger. And in the first draft, I hated him. He was boring. I'd fallen victim to the paradigm of toxic masculinity. He was too accomplished, too sexy, too taciturn, and too given to ironic quips.<br />
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My beloved Ethan was a cliche and he was bogging down my book. He needed vulnerability and he needed a full range of emotions. Not just a clever hobby like knitting, intended to manufacture empathy, but true emotions. Not the tragedy of losing his wife and child to murderers or the shame of an unsolved nun-murder or a secret substance addiction. Ethan needed real emotions.<br />
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And I was stuck.<br />
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I was the daughter of a toxic male, someone whose entire visible emotional range consisted of profanity, racial slurs, inappropriate sexual innuendo, and breezy bon mots.<br />
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I was the wife (and then widow) of a man who struggled with his runaway emotions and turned to feats of physical strength, prescription drug abuse, and finally self-destruction in an attempt to find balance.<br />
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I was the sister of a bright handsome athletic man's-man who tried to cope with his adversarial relationship with our father and the horrors of Vietnam by climbing into a liquor bottle and staying there until his wrecked health, marriages, and fractured relationship with his daughter forced him to crawl out and get right with his life.<br />
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In other words, I didn't have a hell of a lot of healthy role-models for crafting 3-D empathetic alpha male leading men. Then it hit me. I needed Ethan to have emotions. I have emotions. Quite a lot of them in fact. Could it be that men have the same ones?<br />
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COULD IT BE?<br />
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In the rewrite, it became "What would Terri do?" I found myself splitting my own feelings and perceptions between the two characters - Juliana and Ethan. The weaknesses, the neuroses, the humor, the awkwardness . . . they both got a heaping helping of what lives in my head. Coupled with the quick-witted heroics I expect in thrillers, I think it works.<br />
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Without giving up any spoilers, at the end, they fulfilled the mission and beat the ticking clock, but she is betrayed, scarred, and a stranger in her own skin. Ethan? He's broken in places he didn't even know he had. Not only could he not save her, but he also knew that a lot of it was his fault. Yeah, a real love story . . . (worry not, it's only book #1.)<br />
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All in all, I think a hero who is awkward at seduction**, is fighting with his ex over back child support, appreciates (but still steps on his own junk) being partnered with a strong complicated woman, and is confident enough to charge forward, despite all his doubts and fears is more interesting than a tall bronzed automaton who blows up all the things, sweeps the cafe owner into bed, rights all the wrongs, but then chokes back a single tear because the song from a music box in the rubble reminds him of his childhood sweetheart dying in childbirth, and because of that, he'll never love again.<br />
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** A brilliant example of this is Court Gentry, aka The Gray Man, by Mark Greaney. On the surface, the enigmatic "Sierra Six," would seem to be the poster child for toxic masculinity. A perfectly trained killing machine, Court Gentry is a hot mess when it comes to interpersonal relationships. And it works. To become the Gray Man, he's had to sacrifice a piece of his soul and he knows it's gone. He feels like an imposter in society. No Bond, James Bond, here.<br />
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** In <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ballistic-Gray-Man-Novel-Book-ebook/dp/B0052REQAG/ref=sr_1_8?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1517032451&sr=1-8&keywords=mark+greaney" target="_blank">Ballistic</a></i>, there is one of the best scenes ever. Court is aware enough to know he is being seduced by Laura. She even asks for his consent. The only thing he can do to respond is choke out, "I'm not trained . . . . " That line right there is why Greaney gets the big bucks.<br />
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Think about the last big bang movie, book, or TV show that you just didn't like. It wasn't anything you could put your finger on, it was just wrong. Now take a look at the male lead and see how many of the squares you can check off. If you get BINGO, odds are you know the answer.<br />
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Have I accomplished well-drawn male characters? I think so. A review of <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Burning-Kansas-Dime-Novels-Book-ebook/dp/B075C16WN5/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8" target="_blank">Burning Kansas</a></i>, says that Creighton is strong and noble without being too perfect and I love the pair of Jones and Cain in <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sand-Saga-Kindle-Worlds-Novella-ebook/dp/B06VVYTFLN/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8" target="_blank">SALT</a></i>. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Terri-Coop/e/B009BV9EGK/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0" target="_blank">You can check out all my books here and decide for yourself.</a><br />
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<br />Terri Lynn Coophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290316565247120848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66115001384228236.post-41230016446701851042018-01-23T20:57:00.003-08:002018-01-23T20:57:42.214-08:00Author Joe Clifford is Live From Las Vegas on The Blue Plate Special - 01/26/2018<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Host <a data-tracker-action="http://readinrittinrhetoric.blogspot.com/" data-tracker-category="EpisodeOutboundLink" data-tracker-label="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/authorsontheair/2018/01/27/live-from-las-vegas-joe-clifford-is-on-the-menu-at-the-blue-plate-special" href="http://readinrittinrhetoric.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Terri Lynn Coop</a> is pleased to serve up best-selling author <a data-tracker-action="http://www.joeclifford.com/" data-tracker-category="EpisodeOutboundLink" data-tracker-label="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/authorsontheair/2018/01/27/live-from-las-vegas-joe-clifford-is-on-the-menu-at-the-blue-plate-special" href="http://www.joeclifford.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Joe Clifford</a>, live from Las Vegas, on The Blue Plate Special.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After spending the 1990s as a homeless heroin addict in San Francisco, Joe Clifford got off the streets and turned his life around. He earned his MFA from Florida International University in 2008, before returning to the Bay Area, where he currently lives with his wife and two sons. His autobiographical novel, <em>JUNKIE LOVE</em>, chronicles his battle with drugs and was published by Battered Suitcase (2010).</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Joe Clifford is acquisitions editor for Gutter Books. His bestselling Jay Porter mystery series (Oceanview Publishing) has received rave reviews from <em>Publishers Weekly</em>, <em>Library Journal</em>, and the <em>San Francisco Chronicle</em>, among many others. The third in the series, <em>GIVE UP THE DEAD</em>, released June 2017. Joe is also the editor of <em>TROUBLE IN THE HEARTLAND: CRIME STORIES BASED ON THE SONGS OF BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN </em>and <em>JUST TO WATCH THEM DIE: CRIME FICTION INSPIRED BY THE SONGS OF JOHNNY CASH</em>. Currently, Joe teaches online writing courses for LitReactor and around the country at various conferences and retreats.</span></span></div>
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Terri Lynn Coophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290316565247120848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66115001384228236.post-8587337406630588732018-01-17T19:41:00.005-08:002018-01-17T19:48:27.076-08:00Mystery Author, Terry Shames, of the Samuel Craddock Series is on the Menu at the Blue Plate Special Podcast - 01/19/2018<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Host <a data-tracker-action="http://readinrittinrhetoric.blogspot.com/" data-tracker-category="EpisodeOutboundLink" data-tracker-label="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/authorsontheair/2018/01/20/samuel-craddock-author-terry-shames-is-on-the-menu-at-the-blue-plate-special" href="http://readinrittinrhetoric.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Terri Lynn Coop</a> is pleased to serve up <a data-tracker-action="https://www.terryshames.com/" data-tracker-category="EpisodeOutboundLink" data-tracker-label="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/authorsontheair/2018/01/20/samuel-craddock-author-terry-shames-is-on-the-menu-at-the-blue-plate-special" href="https://www.terryshames.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Terry Shames</a>, author of the Samuel Craddock series, on The Blue Plate Special.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Terry grew up in Texas, and her Samuel Craddock series, set in the fictitious town of Jarrett Creek, is based on the fascinating people, landscape, and culture of the small town where her grandparents lived. The first book in the series <em>A Killing at Cotton Hill</em> received the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery of 2013. It was nominated for The Strand Critics Award and a Left Coast Crime award for Best Mystery. <em>The Last Death of Jack Harbin</em> was nominated for a Macavity Award for Best Novel and was named one of the top ten mysteries of 2014 by <em>Library Journal</em>. MysteryPeople named Shames one of the top five Texas mystery authors of 2015. Her sixth, <em>An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock</em>, a prequel, January 2017, received a starred review from <em>Publishers Weekly</em>, which called it a "superior" novel with "resonance in the era of Black Lives Matter." Read more from <em>Publishers Weekly</em> on <em>An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock</em>. Her latest book, <em>A Reckoning in the Back Country</em>, was released on January 9, 2018.</span></div>
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Terri Lynn Coophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290316565247120848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66115001384228236.post-43343634186154846142017-12-27T21:45:00.001-08:002017-12-27T21:45:39.316-08:00Debut Mystery Author Aimee Hix is on the Menu at The Blue Plate Special - 12/29/2017<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;">Join me on Friday, December 22nd at 9 pm EST when I serve up crime writer <a href="https://www.aimeehix.com/" target="_blank">Aimee Hix</a> hot off the grill on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BluePlatePodcast/" target="_blank">The Blue Plate Special</a> podcast. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;">You can listen live or catch it later as a podcast via this link:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Host <a data-tracker-action="https://www.amazon.com/Terri-Coop/e/B009BV9EGK/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0" data-tracker-category="EpisodeOutboundLink" data-tracker-label="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/authorsontheair/2017/12/30/debut-mystery-author-aimee-hix-is-on-the-menu-at-the-blue-plate-special" href="https://www.amazon.com/Terri-Coop/e/B009BV9EGK/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0" rel="nofollow" style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Terri Lynn Coop</a> is pleased to serve up debut thriller author <a data-tracker-action="https://www.amazon.com/Aimee-Hix/e/B073X44T24/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1514436414&sr=1-2-ent" data-tracker-category="EpisodeOutboundLink" data-tracker-label="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/authorsontheair/2017/12/30/debut-mystery-author-aimee-hix-is-on-the-menu-at-the-blue-plate-special" href="https://www.amazon.com/Aimee-Hix/e/B073X44T24/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1514436414&sr=1-2-ent" rel="nofollow" style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Aimee Hix</a> on The Blue Plate Special.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><em>Willa Pennington thought that becoming a PI would be better than being a cop. She thought she'd never </em><em>have</em><em> to make another death notification or don a bulletproof vest again. She thought she could move past the pain of losing her best friend. She thought she'd be safe. But she couldn't have been more wrong. - What Doesn't Kill You</em></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">An inability to pass the sight requirements and a deep aversion to federal prison prevented Aimee from lying on her FBI application so she set her deficient eyes on what most Northern Virginians do for work - the non-law enforcement side of the federal government.<br /><br />After twenty years as a federal contractor, she retired and turned to murder. Fictionally, of course. Aimee lives in Virginia enjoying LASIK-corrected eyesight with her family, two dogs, and all her killer thoughts. Please visit her website at <a data-tracker-action="https://www.aimeehix.com/" data-tracker-category="EpisodeOutboundLink" data-tracker-label="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/authorsontheair/2017/12/30/debut-mystery-author-aimee-hix-is-on-the-menu-at-the-blue-plate-special" href="https://www.aimeehix.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><em>www.aimeehix.com</em></a></span></div>
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<br />Terri Lynn Coophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290316565247120848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66115001384228236.post-44857375490855480462017-12-26T21:40:00.000-08:002017-12-26T21:44:01.590-08:00WPA Posters ~ A Year of Good ReadingThe WPA was an ambitious New Deal program to put people to work. Those jobs ranged from huge buildings and public works projects to the arts. The WPA was in action from 1935 to 1943.<br />
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Here's to a year of good reading.<br />
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<li style="background: transparent; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.016px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13.2192px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px 10px 3px 5px;">Date Created/Published: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-size: 9.9144px; font-weight: normal;">Chicago: Illinois WPA Art Project, [between 1936 and 1941]</span></li>
<li style="background: transparent; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.016px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 13.2192px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px 10px 3px 5px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Notes: Date stamped on verso: </span>Jan 8<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-size: 9.9144px;">, 1941. </span>Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).</li>
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Terri Lynn Coophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290316565247120848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66115001384228236.post-88414637354065878942017-12-20T17:59:00.001-08:002017-12-20T18:02:10.202-08:00Crime Author James L'Etoile is on the Menu at The Blue Plate Special - 12/22/2017<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Join me on Friday, December 22nd at 9 pm EST when I serve up crime writer <a href="https://jamesletoile.com/" target="_blank">James L'Etoile</a> hot off the grill on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BluePlatePodcast/" target="_blank">The Blue Plate Special</a> podcast. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Author James L'Etoile's crime fiction work has been recognized by the Creative World Awards, Acclaim Film, and the Scriptapalooza Television Script Competition. Specializing in gritty crime fiction, his complex, edgy stories are fueled by two decades of experience in prisons and jails across the country. An experienced Associate Warden, Chief of Institution Operations, Hostage Negotiator and Director of Parole, James brings these stories to life with his background in probation, parole, investigation and prison operation.</span></span><br />
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Terri Lynn Coophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290316565247120848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66115001384228236.post-1804616548885144372017-12-16T18:31:00.001-08:002017-12-16T18:31:49.634-08:00The Middle Ground Between Light and Shadow . . . #writerfuelTime for the annual blog reboot and tinkering with the templates. What better way to experiment than with a new edition of #writerfuel from my endless collection of vintage china.<br />
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Today is both homage to The Twilight Zone and classic diner china, which is 42.7 times cooler than regular china. Stay tuned, thinks will be changing around here at Readin', Ritin' & Rhetoric.<br />
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<br />Terri Lynn Coophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290316565247120848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66115001384228236.post-13044567770119884922017-05-23T13:33:00.000-07:002017-12-16T19:57:13.729-08:00Where Were You in '52? ~ "A Negro and an Ofay" by Danny GardnerThe obligatory PSA. This discussion contains explicit racial language and discussions of race that the faint of heart may find disturbing. You are welcome to wait in the lounge. No harm. No foul.<br />
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Good books often find you when you need them. Last week I was thinking a lot about my dad on what would have been his 106th birthday. In 1952, the setting of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Negro-Ofay-Tales-Elliot-Caprice-ebook/dp/B06XGLY4R2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495569391&sr=8-1&keywords=danny+gardner" target="_blank">Danny Gardner's <i>A Negro and an Ofay</i>,</a> dad would have been 41. Had his family stayed in the northern Indiana place of his birth, my old man would have likely worked on the lines at one of the steel or auto plants or drove a bulldozer for the post-war construction boom. He also would have been one of the men swinging pool cues in the bowling alley Elliot and Frank pulled Chauncey out of.<br />
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My dad was an old school racist. The kind who painfully separated good <i>coloreds</i> (which he pronounced <i>kollards</i> with a sneer he thought was hilarious) from bad <i>niggers</i> and thought he was instructing me in the way of things. When I was about 10, the old man ran his shopping cart over the foot of a black man who had the audacity to be shopping with his white girlfriend. Even as a kid, I knew that was wrong. But like a poison that seeps into a wound, I grew up with my own views shaded by this man. Ferreting out and overcoming personal racism is an active process that has to be pursued every damn day.<br />
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No, I didn't pick up this book to prove how progressive I am. I picked it up because I am an online acquaintance of the writer and have read some of his work. I was lucky to get an early look at his story for the anthology <i>Just to Watch Them Die</i>, a book inspired by the music of Johnny Cash. It was lyrical and brilliant. As is this book. I picked it up to be entertained and challenged. I was both.<br />
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My thoughts about the old man were just to remind myself and everyone that when you read a book that takes a hard cold look at this country's over-arching shame, the crime on which our fortunes were built, that you are bringing your own baggage along for the trip. That said, "all aboard . . . "<br />
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Elliot Caprice is what dad would have called a breed. With a black father who got himself killed in race riots and a white mother who dumped him with "his own kind" as an infant, Elliot Caprice has a foot in both worlds and a foothold in neither. In the parlance, "that boy ain't neither fish nor fowl." After serving valiantly in WWII on an equal footing, he came home to a country that barely tolerated him when he decided to pass and openly scorned him when they discovered he was mixed. With a sense of honor and desire to recapture that feeling of duty done well from the war, he became a Chicago cop.<br />
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But nothing with Caprice is easy and things didn't go well. With blood on his hands and a price on his head, he went underground and was going along and getting along until his fondness for big-legged women touched off a bar fight that left him in the notorious St. Louis communal jail cell known as the "meat locker."<br />
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Caprice reaches into his past and secures the help of an old friend who is now the first black county sheriff in Illinois. This is where the heart of the story begins and gives rise to some of the stunning language and dialogue that kept me swiping at my Kindle screen long after I should have been asleep.<br />
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Enter lawyer, excuse me, attorney Robin. Why do I make that distinction, because:<br />
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<i>Lawyers make trouble for their clients. Attorneys make trouble for everyone else. </i><br />
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I love that line. I can proudly say I've made trouble for everyone else once or twice, like citing the 1946 UN Resolution on Driving in defense of a Mexican man accused of driving without a license.<br />
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With Elliot sprung from the slammer, the story takes off into familiar noir mystery territory. Shadowy millionaires who die suspiciously leaving the young wife to battle the family over the inheritance. Corrupt cops. Drugs. Guns. The threat of losing the family farm driving Caprice as he deals with his guilt for abandoning the uncle that raised him. BBQ joints. Dark bars. Jazz clubs. Route 66. And a car named Lucille. All careening toward a satisfying ending that left me wanting book 2. Oh and there had better be a book 2. I'm an attorney and you know what that means.<br />
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All interwoven with language that is beautiful in its brutality. Like this exchange from the jail between Caprice and Frank Fuquay:<br />
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"What parts would those be?"<br />
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"Yazoo County, Miss-sip!"<br />
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"Is that so? My daddy was from around that way," Elliot said.<br />
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"Yo daddy, huh? No doubt sum' cracker that took the long way home one night."<br />
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That was the last slur of his mixed race that Elliot intended to hear. Big Black's buddy was a short-stack, but it was still two against one. Uneven odds were nothing new to him, so he resolved to play it cool.<br />
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"Tell you the truth, he was 'bout as inky as you."<br />
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"What you say?"<br />
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"Yeah, boy. It took a whole lot 'o snowflake to dilute that much buck. You a tall drink of Darkest Africa, Big Black. Whycome you got no white in you at all? Yo granny wasn't pretty enough for the slave foreman?"<br />
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Hey, if you want uplifting prose that makes you feel good, read <i>Roots</i>. What's powerful about this ugly exchange is the authenticity. Squaring off over wooden cots on the greasy concrete floor of a dungeon of a jail, these men wouldn't be palavering ringing phrases of racial solidarity. And as someone who married a man who was called a "sawed-off batshit little motherfucker" in fights more than once, it rings true. <br />
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Elliot Caprice rings true. Two feet. No footholds.<br />
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One of the underlying themes in the book is the frustrating nature of Caprice. He doesn't want your help. When he is desperate, he'll demand it and he'll take it, but part of him will resent the hell out of it. He'll help you. He doesn't really want to, but he will, as long as it is on his own terms and suits his sense of honor. (Except for white saviors. Fuck them. Including and especially John Creamer.)<br />
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However, at the bottom of the cipher that is Caprice was my frustrating desire to yell at a book something I have yelled at an actual human man:<br />
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<i>LET SOMEONE LOVE YOU. </i><br />
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I have a feeling that will be a continuing thread throughout the series. That is going to be the hardest battle he'll fight because it's not one that can be won with hot lead. It means he is admitting that he's worth it.<br />
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Years ago in a safety seminar, a man who had been horrifically burned in an accident had one final message to the crews fidgeting in their seats, "If you don't care about your own sorry ass, think about those who do."<br />
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When you let someone love you, their love becomes your cross to bear. Your actions affect them, often in ways you can't even imagine. Elliot's not there yet, but he's working on it.<br />
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This book is 5-stars all the way. Let it entertain you. Let it make you uncomfortable. Let it make you think. Who knows, as the train pulls into the station, there might be a little less baggage waiting for you.<br />
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SIDE NOTE: The word "negro" makes us uncomfortable as fuck. In some ways, it should. It carries almost two centuries of weight. It was used to make an entire class of people the "other." In some ways, it is more incendiary than "nigger." That's because it was often the term used by the supposedly nice people.<br />
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However . . . .<br />
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When I was working for Legal Aid, one of the things we had to do was collect statistical data about the people who called us for advice. The usual - age, race, marital status, income, etc. I was interviewing an elderly lady and got to the race question.<br />
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She hesitated for a second and said, "You put me down as a negro. I was born negro, lived as a negro, and will go home as a negro." I did the math on her age and realized she would have been a young girl during the <a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/long-lost-manuscript-contains-searing-eyewitness-account-tulsa-race-massacre-1921-180959251/" target="_blank">Tulsa Greenwood massacre</a>. In my book, that lady gets to describe herself however she damn well pleases. Words matter and it's not my job to tell her which ones are right or wrong. I checked the bland politically-neutral box on the interview form and went straight into the problem she was having with her landlord.<br />
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I'm not sure what she would have thought of a man like Elliot Caprice with his slick suits, smart mouth, and chip on his shoulder. But I damn well know she would have recognized the world created by Danny Gardner in <i>A Negro and an Ofay</i>.Terri Lynn Coophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290316565247120848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66115001384228236.post-62114356125160754422017-04-16T09:38:00.000-07:002017-04-17T16:24:24.390-07:00The Coop Black Dog Posse - For the Love of a DogThis morning, Easter Sunday 2017, dawned gray and cool and matched what is in my heart. Yesterday, I had to face a hard truth.<br />
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One of my dogs is dying.<br />
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Not sick. Not frail. Not failing. Not fading. One of my dogs is dying.<br />
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As of the time I'm writing this, Rocky hasn't eaten in three days and can no longer hold down water. I know about the food because I found where he'd been sick and a special treat I'd given everyone on Thursday was there, undigested. His organs and systems have been shutting down and now there is no disguising or ignoring it. Last night he started having small seizures.<br />
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I'm keeping a bowl of water by his head. He laps at it and then it comes back up. That's okay. As long as it gives him some comfort and satisfies his needs.<br />
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But it's more than just the outward signs. I can tell he is letting go.<br />
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And it's the other dogs. They are shunning him and I now realize that the squabbling I've been seeing for the last week is both their stress at losing one of their pack-mates and them resettling the pack order. A pack that no longer includes Rocky. If this was happening out in the wild, he would have found himself a quiet den and waited it out. No Disney soundtrack with this reality.<br />
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The old cliche of "they'll tell you" and "you'll know when" don't always hold true, but if you're willing to listen, the signs are usually there.<br />
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I don't know what happened. I don't know if it's a toxin or an infection or just some genetic switch flipped. There won't be heroic measures and attempts to diagnose. It's a holiday and where I live there are no emergency 24-hour facilities. If he hasn't crossed the bridge by tomorrow, I'll do my last duty as leader of this posse. It's my responsibility.<br />
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Yesterday I had to look into my options and decide what I could afford. I thought about a resting place in one of my flower beds, but an hour with a shovel told me that between my bad shoulder and the brick hard clay, that wasn't happening. I also hold no affinity for this land and know that I'll be leaving it some day. I'll take his paw prints in clay and on paper and then take him to a cremation service in Kansas City. Somehow, doing that research hurt me more than listening to his labored breathing and sounds of being sick. It made it real.<br />
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His spirit will be free. His body will be no more than a worn out suit that he no longer needs.<br />
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Because with Rocky, it's his spirit that matters.<br />
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Rocky, AKA Rocket Man, The Rock, and DROP IT, is a magnificent stubborn loveable lunkhead of a DOG.<br />
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He's not a pet. He's not a "companion animal." He's not an accessory or a decorative accent. He is a crazy, goofy, free-spirited beast who still had a bit of the wild in him that never met a corner he didn't like to chew, a vertical surface that he didn't like to pee on, and a door he wouldn't bolt through. You left anything on the floor at your own risk.<br />
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If there was something nasty and smelly to roll in, he was the first on the scene. Only a month ago, I took a foul utterly dead mouse away from him. I had to scrub him (twice,) wipe him down with antibacterial wipes, AND powder him before I could stand to be in the same room with him.<br />
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And he made me laugh. Because that's what dogs do.<br />
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He came to Noah and me about 11 years ago. He'd been in a situation where he wasn't treated right. There was no intent, they just had no business with a puppy. It left him untrained, unsocialized, unsure of himself, and with serious trust issues. Noah carried him around inside his shirt for the first two weeks. After a month or two, this little quivering blob of black jelly found himself and has been going 90 miles an hour ever since.<br />
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He never learned any tricks and his relationship with house-breaking was always tenuous. But, he was always the first of the dogs to figure out a new doggy door arrangement or other challenges. What he lacked in brains he made up for in instinct and heart.<br />
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Because of his first year, he always had trouble with social cues, distrusted women, and could really be obnoxious. He wasn't sweet and adorable like Scruffy, a dog who never knew anything but love from the micro-second he was born. He lacked Charlie's dignity and Foxy's sheer beauty, but when you gained his trust, he was bonded to you for life.<br />
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He was Noah's dog - heart and soul. When Noah passed, Rocky was really lost for a few months. Then one day, that internal switch flipped and he transferred all of his fierce love and devotion to me. It was pretty wondrous. Even when I was at my wit's end with him, I understood the value of what he has given me.<br />
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I didn't grow up with dogs. My dad lost his beloved Jerry many years before I was born and never wanted another animal. We had a few strays that stayed with us here and there, but mostly we moved around too much to ever have pets. Not long after Noah and I got married, he started badgering me for a dog with the will and enthusiasm of a 6-year-old ("I'll take care of him, I SWEAR!") That led to Charlie and then to her pup Scruffy, to The Rock, and then finally Foxy.<br />
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I can honestly say there are days when I wish I didn't have 4 dogs. But my heart is nowhere near ready for not having 4 dogs. Charlie is almost 17. She is slowing down and softening around the edges. There are some early signs of kidney problems. Scruffy is almost 15 and fighting arthritis. Foxy, despite her dainty appearance, is a rough and tumble little tomboy at 8. I had to have all of her silky fur shaved last year when she found some tree sap to roll in and turn herself into a giant piece of taffy. They are all, in their own way, dogs. Each with spirit and personality. They live with me, not for me.<br />
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I never thought it would be Rocky. Last night he came and sat by the bed. He couldn't jump up like he always did, so I picked him up and put him in his regular spot. He sighed and rested his head on my foot. At that moment, my heart was simultaneously full and empty.<br />
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Right now, he has rolled himself into one of the blankets I keep in the living room for the posse. I call this arrangement a "Chihuahua Puff." He could just be cold and wanting to be alone, or his instincts to hide as the final time arrives could be kicking in. I'll check him in an hour.<br />
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I'm doing my best to keep my grief and stress in check for his sake. I know he doesn't want to hurt me or make me sad.<br />
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I'll also give him his dignity.<br />
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He's not a china doll. He's a dog. And in the end, that is a magnificent thing.<br />
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EDITED To Add: On the night of Easter Sunday, Rocky came into the bedroom and sat in his place until I lifted him to his favorite spot to sleep at my feet. That was probably his last conscious act. By morning he was in a coma. I took his paw prints and was ready to go talk to the vet about the final solution. The other dogs barked and whined and I went to check. Rocky had slipped away. That gives me a lot of peace. He was afraid of the vet's office. Too busy, too many animals, and too many strange smells. Instead, he did what he loved best, he saw an open door and slipped through it. Like everything else he ever did, he crossed the bridge on his own terms. And my late husband has his bestest buddy back at his side. Thank you for all the kind words and messages. We should all be so lucky to pass in our favorite spot, surrounded by our pack. <br />
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<br />Terri Lynn Coophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07290316565247120848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66115001384228236.post-25783674907389111582017-01-18T10:44:00.001-08:002017-12-16T18:35:07.448-08:00Oscar Fest - 1930 Winner - The Broadway MelodyThe second movie in my New Year's resolution to watch all the Oscar Best Pictures in order. Today is the winner of the second Academy Award, given out in 1930.<br />
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What's of note with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Broadway_Melody" target="_blank"><i>The Broadway Melody</i> of 1929</a>, is that the original theater cut debuted with a Technicolor sequence, one of the first musicals to do so. It's likely that cinematic sorcery is what elevated this movie over its contenders. Sadly, that copy has been lost. The only surviving copies are all black and white. There was also a silent version because many theaters didn't have sound technology. Marinate on that for a second - a silent musical.<br />
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Competition was fierce that year. <i>Broadway Melody</i> beat out the gritty Howard Hughes movie about police corruption, <i>The Racket</i>. This movie was banned in more than one market because of how it portrayed the police. I'm guessing there were some politics at work there. Both in the nomination and in the loss. All art has a political component.<br />
<i><br /></i> <i>The Racket</i> is exceedingly rare. I've only been able to find it in college library film collections. I will SO be checking it out.<br />
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<i>Broadway Melody</i>, the first all-talking MGM musical, also beat out the other MGM musical <i>The Hollywood Revue of 1929</i>, which was a cavalcade of talent. But, it had no plot. It was just a compilation of musical numbers, including Joan Crawford singing and dancing on stage. It's also rather rare, but on my must-see list. It is said that <i>Hollywood Review</i> was the beginning of the end of the line for many of the silent film stars when the voice didn't match the image.<br />
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What's cool about this project is not just seeing the evolution of movies and technology, but the studio politics and the social mores.<br />
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Obligatory plot summary: The Mahoney Sisters, plucky Hank and glamorous Queenie, arrive in New York City for their "big break." They've been on the county fair-dinner theater circuit to save enough money to rent a huge two-room apartment in a "theatrical hotel" that would probably rent for $5000 today (if you could find it.) But the girls have an ace. Eddie, a hometown boy who made good as a song and dance man, has got them an audition for the Zanfield Review on BROADWAY. *confetti* Eddie is also the high school sweetheart of Hank and hopes that she will finally marry him.<br />
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Until he sees Queenie. No longer a gawky teen, Queenie is now a statuesque platinum blonde with a farm girl's naive and open heart. Poor Hank. She always thought good old Eddie would always be there for her. She never realized that she was the third point on a love triangle until the very end.<br />
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The "big break" audition is awkward and almost painful to watch, but Zanfield says he can find something for the blonde, but not the "little clucker." Queenie, in a burst of girlish defiance, says they are a team, so The Mahoney Sisters are signed.<br />
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Queenie, however, becomes the toast of the show when the key sea goddess falls off the ship set in rehearsal. Suddenly, this small town girl is scantily clad in a Lady Godiva wig, on the prow of the ship, gesturing to the singer. SHE'S A HIT! And, of course, catches the eye of Jacques, the smarmy millionaire who is financing the show.<br />
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Hank loves Eddie. Eddie loves Queenie. Queenie loves Eddie but refuses to hurt Hank, so she throws herself into a whirlwind of New York glamor while ducking and dodging Jacques' ever more aggressive advances.<br />
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In the end, it's Hank who sacrifices herself for her sister's protection and happiness. *sniff*<br />
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Romance! Music! Broken Hearts! Skimpy Costumes! Wisecracks! Wacky Mayhem!<br />
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Yeah, it's as thin as it sounds, but there are two saving graces. The first is New York in the 1920s. The Art Deco glamor of the scenes and sets is just luscious. The second is an oddly satisfying musical number of a cast dancer, in what looks like a<a href="https://youtu.be/OxWVH28E1KY" target="_blank"> sexy mouse costume, tap dancing en pointe in toe shoes.</a> TAP DANCING IN TOE SHOES.<br />
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The cast included the gamine <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Love" target="_blank">Bessie Love</a> and the glam girl <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Page" target="_blank">Anita Page</a>. Love received a nom for Best Actress for her, um, enthusiastic performance as Hank.<br />
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The caddish Eddie was played by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_King_(musical_actor)" target="_blank">Charles King</a>, a vaudeville showman, who couldn't convert his stage career into box office gold.<br />
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Viewed through a contemporary lens, the three had an awkward comedic chemistry that was occasionally painful to watch but overall carried the story through to the expected ending. I had to remind myself that the audiences were seeing PEOPLE TALKING ON FILM. Some for the very first time. The exaggerated city accents and over-dramatic breathless presentation was par for the course. All the director and actors had to go on was stagecraft, which lacking the intimacy of film, required the extra drama to play to the balconies.<br />
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What is fun is the look behind the scenes of a low-budget Broadway review, done as a movie. The costumes and props had a cheesy realism and the character actors decorating the background were delightful.<br />
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"Is it safe?"<br />
"Yeah"<br />
*scream**crash*<br />
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I'm sure plenty of that actually happened. The costumes were an absolute scream.<br />
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I couldn't find a good screen cap of the mouse-costumed toe shoe tap dancer. It was a WTF moment, inserted into a dance routine. It was like, "I dunno, but she's good, get her on stage now!"<br />
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What's fun about these movies looking back is that the old folks were pretty damn hip. No matter what we think today.<br />
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The dancers were healthy and robust. Curvy legs, real girl thighs, soft rounded shoulders and zoftig curves were in evidence in tiny shorts and skimpy costumes. Tons of peroxide platinum and elaborate beautiful cosmetics, coupled with an absence of, um, foundation garments conveyed the lush image of the flapper who managed to be naughty and innocent at the same time.<br />
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As with <i>Wings</i>, I was amused by the use of kissing in <i>Broadway Melody</i>. I don't know about y'all, but I never kissed my sister like this.<br />
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There was an also openly gay costume designer. Today, he would be seen as a flamboyant cliche, but there was no closet here. When he chucked another man under the chin and called him a cutie-pie, there was no doubt what the director was saying.<br />
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If our society could have kept the open free society of the 1920s, I think we'd be in a lot better condition now.<br />
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So, is <i>The Broadway Melody</i> high art? Absolutely not. It hasn't held up nearly as well as <i>Wings</i> or other classics of the day.<br />
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But, it's the beginning of:<br />
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Talking movies.<br />
Musicals.<br />
The screwball urban comedy.<br />
The first use of the New York skyline/aerial shots in a movie.<br />
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And the music from the movie is still being played. This was the film debut of "<i>Give My Regards to Broadway</i>," by George M. Cohan. How many big budget blockbusters will be able to say that in 90 years?<br />
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