"While our hearts and heads work, our job is to catch and share stories. Stories matter."
—Brian Doyle.
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The Wife, The Child, and Troy's Work Table attended a book talk and reading by essayist and novelist Brian Doyle at the Puyallup Public Library on Thursday (6/12) evening. Mr. Doyle is a funny, wonderful storyteller with just a smidgen of ribaldry. He kicked off the adult summer reading program and he was an excellent choice for such.
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The pieces he read reminded me of Melville. Somewhat longish sentences,
love of lists, tangential wanderings around a topic before winding back
to where it began.
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What I really loved about him, though, was how he was able to bring a sense of humanity to every story he told and every piece he read. There was a love of life woven into the words.
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King's Books was on hand so I picked up copies of his novels Mink River and The Plover. As he signed our copies of his novel, he continued to tell stories, and to ask The Child about school, and get The Child to tell stories about school. The wonder continued even in that small, simple moment.
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