Solace in So Many Words is two years old, and I am trying to build some new interest in the book. After all we know that its subject matter is timely so the collection is still relevant. When I read about soldiers returning home from Afghanistan, I think of Dave Lachance's "Nagasaki Shadows.' Whenever I hear about Texas I think of Buck Odom and wonder how he's doing ever since I read J. Scott's Smith's compelling "Heartbeat," which renders Buck so well that I think of him … [Read more...]