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HREF="http://www.ghotimag.com/reviewmesler.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ghotimag.com/reviewmesler.htm"><U><I>Some Identity Problems</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ghotimag.com/reviewmesler.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ghotimag.com/reviewmesler.htm"><U>in </U></A><A HREF="http://www.ghotimag.com/reviewmesler.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ghotimag.com/reviewmesler.htm"><U><I>Ghoti</I></U></A><A HREF="http://www.ghotimag.com/reviewmesler.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ghotimag.com/reviewmesler.htm"><U>.)</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="ttp://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2008/10/corey-mesler-some-identity-problems.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ttp://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2008/10/"><U>Another Review</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>From the Book:</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Fathers of Daughters</B></div> <bR> <div> One of the things they</div> <div> don't tell you</div> <div> is that you will dress and</div> <div> undress Barbie</div> <div> thousands of times.</div> <div> You will pull tight dresses</div> <div> over impossibly</div> <div> shapely hips, wrap bras</div> <div> no bigger than wasps</div> <div> over perfectly</div> <div> mounded breasts, as hard</div> <div> as algebra.  They</div> <div> don't tell you you</div> <div> will suffer the feminine;</div> <div> you will structure and</div> <div> restructure it inside yourself.</div> <div> And, if you spent enough</div> <div> time there earlier,</div> <div> when you were stronger,</div> <div> it doesn't help.</div> <div> They don't tell you</div> <div> it will break your everloving heart.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> About Corey Mesler's novel <I>TALK</I>: </div> <div> “<I>Talk</I> is original and evocative.  Mesler has a sharp ear not only for how we say things, but, more importantly, for what the words really mean.”</div> <div>           John Grisham</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>COREY MESLER </B>is the owner of Burke's Book Store, in Memphis, Tennessee, one of the country's oldest (1875) and best independent bookstores.  He has published poetry and fiction in numerous journals including Rattle, turnrow, Pindeldyboz, Quick Fiction, American Poetry Journal, Thema, Mars Hill Review, Adirondack Review, Poet Lore and others.  He has also been a book reviewer for The Memphis Commercial Appeal and Memphis Flyer.  A short story of his was chosen for the 2002 edition of <I>New Stories from the South: The Year's Best</I>, published by Algonquin Books.   <I>Talk</I>, his first novel, appeared in 2002. Nice blurbs from Lee Smith, John Grisham, Robert Olen Butler, Frederick Barthelme, and others. His 2nd novel, <I>We Are</I> <I>Billion-Year-Old Carbon</I>, came out in January 2006. It garnered praise from George Singleton, Marshall Chapman, Steve Stern and others. His latest poetry chapbooks are <I>Short Story and Other Short Stories</I> (2006), <I>The Hole in Sleep</I> (2006), <I>The</I> <I>Lita Conversation</I> (2006) and <I>The Chloe Poems</I> (2007). His poem, “Sweet Annie Divine,” was chosen for Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac. He also claims to have written “Gitarzan.”  Most importantly, he is Toby and Chloe's dad and Cheryl's husband. He can be found at www.coreymesler.com.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Some Identity Problems</div> <div> is an 88 page hand-sewn book with spine - $16.00</div> <bR> <bR> <div> TO ORDER  ON-LINE<FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Palatino Linotype" >   </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>                           <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Some Identity Problems"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="08-04"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="16.00"> <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>     </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div>                            <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/images/view_cart.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="display" value="1"> </form>  </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ordering By Mail"><U>To order through mail click here.</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>