>"Valuable Artifacts"

>It’s an odd way of finding out about something, but then Facebook is a very odd place. I noticed the link to this short essay on Richard Bausch’s Facebook status: Valuable Artificats, by Richard Bausch. Among other reflections:

To me, books are the physical vessels that keep us linked to all the human times and places, nothing less than the one practical, hands-on thing that cheats death and the silence

After you’ve finished reading this little gem by Bausch, you might want to explore elsewhere in English Matters to see what else you can find.

About the author

I am the author of three novels--THE LAST BIRD OF PARADISE, OLIVER'S TRAVELS, and THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY--and three story collections--IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY, HOUSE OF THE ANCIENTS AND OTHER STORIES, and WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, winner of the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. I am also the co-founder and former editor of Prime Number Magazine and the editor of the award-winning anthology series EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET.

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