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NEW START

By Carl R. Brush | 08/20/2024

Hey, welcome to the first posting in this brand new edition of CARLRBRUSH.COM. Just to see who’s talking here, take a look at he guy with the kindle and the beard who is looking straight at you. That’s me, surrounded…

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THE CAPERS OF BUSTER’S COPPER CANYON CREW

By Carl R. Brush | 06/10/2024
A red train is parked on the street.

Carlrbrush.com is primarily a literary website (hence all the books on the home page) we do occasionally feature other items of interest. Below is quick snapshot of our group excursion to Mexico’s Copper Canyon. A rather rare destination for gringos,…

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NO SAFE HARBORS

By Carl R. Brush | 06/10/2024
A table with many books on it

Billie and Stevie meet at a San Francisco bus stop seven years after graduating from the same Brooklyn high school. Coincidence? That’s the question Ron Kemper’s A Coincidental Life poses as it reaches back into the past and forward into…

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WHO IS KAIROS AND WHO INVITED HIM?

By Carl R. Brush | 08/14/2024

 The part of the answer to the title question is I did. I invited him because Jenny Erpenbeck wrote a novel entitled Kairos, and, tempted by the facts that 1) the name was unfamiliar and 2) the book was shortlisted for…

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