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We own a 1975 GMC Sierra Grande 15 in Maine and a 1986 Chevrolet Custom Deluxe 10 in West Texas. Also a pair of 1997 Volvo 850 wagons. Average age in the fleet is 28 years--we're recycling. I've published 3 novels: THE LAW OF DREAMS (2006), THE O'BRIENS (2012), and CARRY ME (2016). Also 2 short story collections: NIGHT DRIVING(1987) and TRAVELLING LIGHT (2013). More of my literary life is at www.peterbehrens.org I was a Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study for 2012-13. I'm an adjunct professor at Colorado College and in the MFA program at Queens University of Charlotte. In 2015-16 I was a Fellow at Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. The Autoliterate office is in Car Talk Plaza in Harvard Square, 2 floors above Dewey Cheatem & Howe. SUBSCRIBE TO THE AUTOLITERATE DAILY EMAIL by hitting the button to the right.

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

DAF & Scania trucks at Rolling Kitchens, Amsterdam


from Guido Goluke, the translator, in Amsterdam: "In the park where Henry saw one the Sinterklazen of that year, there is an annual eat and amaze festival called Rolling Kitchens. I have never before seen any truck connection, but in my new capacity of truck scout for Europe I came across some beauties. The DAF and Scania Trucks speak for themselves. The matt black ‘el camino style cutaway with the elaborate  exhaust/muffler system is a mystery to me. Maybe the machine runs on solid fuels, for when the oil finally runs out? [ AL--It's a Cadillac, must have been a funeral flower car]
My retirement, not even started for real, has already ended: early stories by Truman Capote (I translated Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Other Voices, Other Rooms years ago) to be ready by october. And then perhaps more next year. A nice offer, not too much work, good writer. Possibly a stepping stone to make the crossing to Yaddo again?? Or MacDowell..".-GG




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