Saturday, June 28, 2008

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter


The title of the second book in Beaver's line-up of sizzling summer reading is curiously apropos to Domo's latest photographs. Reading the book jacket will make any struggling writer sigh- the author, Carson McCullers, published it at the tender age of 23, decades before young female writers became as common as mosquitoes after a rainstorm. 
A brilliant portrayal of a kaleidoscope of lives and loves in a Georgia mill town, it's a timeless, color-blind and very readable classic exploring the communal needs of individual souls.  The title alone is a firefly-filled night in August. Flawless and thirst-quenching. A great book for a seaside vacation. 

Death becomes us





There is life throughout the Southern Berkshires- peonies, unstoppable grass, tomato plants and storm-happy slugs, crawling towards their prey. And there is Mylo- an eager adolescent just learning how to caw. Domo has been tracking his movements through the killing fields of summer. And on and on it goes.