![]() ![]() ![]() After reading a couple of the stories from the collection, I can certainly see why, as Alvar is a real talent, her stories long, thorough examinations of her characters, set, for the most part, in the Philippines, where Alvar was born. ![]() In the Country is one of the celebrated collections of 2015, the debut effort from Alvar that appeared on Knopf and wound up on a lot of people’s Best of lists at the end of the year. Still, Stor圓66 duties calls, and I’m going to climb up that lifeguard chair over there and type up a post about Mia Alvar, whose book In the Country I read from last night, before, you know, desecrating myself in the name of childish nonsense and debauchery. The important thing is that this is our last day, my last day, before leaving tomorrow for Missouri, and I want to make the most of it. Since I’m waking up on the beach, using last Tuesday’s USA Today for a blanket and a Burger King soda cut as a pillow, I’m not exactly sure where any of the guys are, or if they’ve found the Skylark (or if Bizquick found a way to meet us down here). That’s a good thing, as I don’t get a lot of chances, at 42, to go on Spring Break trips, so sleeping through a whole day would really be a waste. Greetings from lovely Daytona Beach! I’m pretty sure it’s Thursday, March 10, as I feel rested, but still hung over, so I didn’t sleep through an entire day. ![]()
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