B. Thomas Cooper is a freelance journalist, photographer, blogger and historian. Topics include Political Commentary, Satire, History and Travel.

My passion is ...

overwhelmingly obvious

I know too much about ...

semantics

My parents always told me ...

I was not really an astronaut.

My childhood ambition ...

Prove my parents wrong.

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cost me a small fortune

Why I write ...

because I must

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The End of Iraq- Peter W. Galbraith, Imperial Hubris- Anon

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Paper boy

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has yet to come.

My inspiration ...

Kurt Vonnegut, Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, John Irving, Henry David Thoreau

Arts & Humanities > American Literature Book reviews: Tortilla Flat, by John Steinbeck

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John Steinbeck, the voice of American conscience, and a true literary genius. His work has grown increasingly important in these modern times, these devoid of his ceaseless grace and passion. His words hang like crystal chandeliers in a world inhabited by shadows. John Steinbeck is more than a novelist. He is our reflection.

Tortilla Flat represents Steinbeck's first critical and popular success as a novelist. Comprised of seventeen episodes, Tortilla Flat documents the events surrounding a group of paisanos living on the fringes of society in the fishing community of Monterey, Californ...

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