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    Story Road
    Story Road
    Story Road
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    Story Road

    By Blaine S Carrell

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    For an author solitude is a frequent companion. The writer studies the randomness of thoughts that seem to seek him/her out, and before they know it they are in the midst of constructing a story in which they are the keystone character. Stories of family, loves, and self are some of the most common, yet, daunting constructions that an author c

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBSC
    Release dateMay 3, 2021
    ISBN9781638775997
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      Story Road - Blaine S Carrell

      To mom, for everything.

      Story Road

      Copyright © 2021 BSC 

      FOREWORD

      Story Road, a new collection of prose and verse poems by Blaine Carrell, cuts right through the core of contemporary poetry: finding oneself through the deconstruction of family and romantic relationships. Carrell has a steady hand and a storyteller’s charm, and what ties all this together are his acute observations of micro-gestures in real and imagined spaces.

      Edinburgh, for instance, is the one in the middle of nowhere just south of Indianapolis. There’s a big X where a major interstate crosses a major highway, but the area’s claim to fame is a cluster of outlet

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