Short Essays on Lemons, Langston, & the Universe Breaking

In Short Essays on Lemons, Langston, & the Universe Breaking Peter Karam shares a collection of amusing and informative compositions on a broad range of interesting topics: A warm and fuzzy slice of middle-class Americana, from the memories of youthful eyes. Langston Hughes, the great American poet, harassed by U.S. government bodies and their moronic members, remains unfazed of course, and even claps back with a short ode. What O'Connor suggests as Catholic ideals, the author posits, are actually universal to many major religions. Susan Straight's short story "Mines" is observed through another lens. Did U.S. policies kill timber towns? An analysis of Pacific Northwest timber imports and exports, among other supported research. The high cost of college and university text books is examined. The author offers avenues of entry into Shakespeare's cannon, even for the novice. Mashing up the sciences, the author theorizes on our potential place in the universe.