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Alternate Americas.(The Partly Cloudy Patriot)(Brief Article)
Sarah Vowell, a contributing editor to "This American Life," on National Public Radio, knows that she's not a fair-weather patriot--at least not the kind Thomas Paine disparaged in the first installment of the "American Crisis" papers, which was written in the fall of 1776, when Washington's troops were retreating. But she can't get behind the idea of citizenship as sing-along that has been prevalent since September 11th. THE PARTLY CLOUDY PATRIOT (Simon & Schuster), her latest book, is a collection of radio segments and magazine pieces. Vowell, a charismatic misanthrope, repeats the mantra "We the people, we the people" to keep from freaking out on the humid, overstuffed subway. She also thinks about the Civil War "all the time, every day," vacations in Salem, and takes walking tours of Thomas Jefferson's Paris years. Fashioning herself as Clinton's "crabby little ...
- The Partly Cloudy Patriot. (book review)
- Magazine article from: Book Greenberg, Kevin September 1, 2002 700+ words
SARAH VOWELL Simon & Schuster 196 pages 1/2 Neurotic and witty, this book collects fragments of Vowell's experience as an American. The author has a unique perspective on some of the nation's most celebrated events and the places where they occurred, all filtered through the prism of her
- Partly cloudy weather forecast for Karachi.
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- News wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International March 21, 2008 700+ words
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- Partly cloudy weather forecast.
- News wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International January 5, 2008 700+ words
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