"It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime. It was the trip of a lifetime, but it didn't work out exactly as planned...They were going to travel again, in their fiftieth year, reprising two different trips they had taken in their twentieth and twenty-fifth years, respectively. They would go to...Bolivia and Peru, but not without experiencing New Orleans again." Thus starts our adventure, wheren we learn about Peter and Ax, boyhood friends who grew old together, and their adventures on the road.

Copasetic is the story of two families. The Stahlinkoviches are klezmorim (Jewish musicians) from Eastern Europe. The Carters are African American sharecroppers from the Mississippi Delta, home of the blues. Both families migrate to Chicago at the beginning of the twentieth century. Their lives intertwine like the notes to the score of the American experience.

When the eight of them - four men and four women - sign up for a literature class, they don't know that they've signed on for life. Meet the half-baked bunch - the real estate tycoon, the computer geek, the interpreter, the nurse, the stationer, the would-be writer, the teacher turned realtor, and the trek leader - an assortment of misfits who find one another at college. Brought together by a mentor and his sacred text, they form a communal bond that sustains them across the decades and around the globe. Can friendships endure over the long haul, despite human frailties, physical distance,...

"Sidewinders" is the story of what might have happene"Sidewinders" is the story of what might have happened had a long line of ultra-Orthodox Jewish rabbis and their followers from Eastern Europe continued their dynasty in the United States in the 20th century and beyond. It is also a story about the preeminence of family, spiritual reawakening, Top-40 radio, and the willingness to believe in miracles (since you came along, you sexy thing!).d had a long line of ultra-Orthodox Jewish rabbis and their followers from Eastern Europe continued their dynasty in the United States in the 20th century...

Copasetic is the story of two families. The Stahlinkoviches are klezmorim (Jewish musicians) from Eastern Europe. The Carters are African American sharecroppers from the Mississippi Delta, home of the blues. Both families migrate to Chicago at the beginning of the twentieth century. Their lives intertwine like the notes to the score of the American experience.

This off-beat anthology will entice both poetry lovers and haters, as well as the noncommitted. As with a train wreck, you won't be able to divert your eyes. You may never think the same of poems ever again. Enjoy.

It's the oldest story in the book: Upstanding citizen and member of the community munches on the apple, unleashes the serpent and seals his fate. With some special education on the side.