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James McConkey

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2 picks · 1977–1982

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The Windows of the Mint
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Writer tells of sifting through the things in his desk drawer and finding an old postcard he loved as a child. The card is a city scene and is fashioned so…

Mythology, Art, And The Farming Life
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Fourteen years ago, the narrator moved, with his wife and children, to a farm outside Ithaca, N.Y. He is a "gentleman farmer", earning his real living as a…