Born Again at the Laundromat : And Other Visions of the New West

by Dave Carty

• ISBN13: 9781558212008
• ISBN10: 1558212000
• Format: Trade Book
• Publisher: Lyons Press
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Summary

In this quirky, moody, funny assembly of pieces from the "new West," Dave Carty explores what's left in the world of the modern cowboy. Bars, beer, bird dogs, and country music are slowly losing out to Safeways, chardonnay, Muzak and the rest of modern American civilization. But the die-hard Western traditions live on among the "cowboy" poets, whose musical, steady rhyming verse still charms; in unadorned cowboy bars where country music is still performed without frills; in corners of wilderness where a timeless silence is broken only by the rush of river water - until polypropylene-clad-river runners break the spell.
Born Again at the Laundromat is at once a portrait of a stubborn corner of the American mosaic and the story of how a young man finds his place within it. From either perspective, it marks the debut of a marvelous new writer.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Dead Skunks and Why	p. 3
Photo Nerds from Hell	p. 11
Missouri Breaks	p. 23
Home Game	p. 33
Born Again at the Laundromat	p. 45
Cowboy Poetry: These Guys are Serious	p. 55
Lizard Heaven	p. 77
Why Beer is Better Than Ice Fishing	p. 95
Country Music	p. 113
My Truck, My Dog, and Me	p. 121
Road Warrior	p. 133
Walking the Dog	p. 143
Trees	p. 153
A Home on the Range	p. 167
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