BRAUTIGAN: WARTS & ALL Editor, Make no mistake about it: I love Richard Brautigan. I really love Richard Brautigan. He was as much a part of my early literary training at the Writing Seminars Department…
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BAJA NEWS Editor, Our next trip was to travel from Baja Norte to Baja Sur in search of the Grey Whale. These whales travel from their summer feeding grounds in the Bering Sea to the…
THE END OF ENLIGHTENMENT Editor, I’d like, with your permission, to respond to two letters and one article in the AVA of 4 April 2012. 1. To Lee Simon’s letter, “Three Questions”: Yes, good brother,…
CHRIS DIAZ'S COERCED PLEA “They had me locked in seg… coerced into doing things I would not normally have done.” — Chris Diaz, letter from Brownwood Texas Jail The new development in the Chris Diaz…
CHRIS DIAZ UPDATE Texas marijuana defendant, Chris Diaz, age 22, in poor health from advanced asthma most of his young life, is a legitimate medical patient in California, but a felony-level heinous criminal in Brownwood…
BOONVILLE HOMEBOY Dear Editor, I want to thank the good home town newspaper of Boonville for keeping me informed on what is going on around Mendo County. I love it when I can open up…
A QUIZ FOR CHEESE-BRO Editor, "Hales Grove" Road Number one. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of its abandonment, 1962. Several years ago I read a book entitled "What's the Matter with Kansas?" by Thomas Frank. It…