". . .if pressed about what she actually
believes, she'd have to confess that she
trusts in the rhythm of seasons, the
regularity of the sunrise, and the sure
realization that love is better than
bitterness."
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Pamela Carter Joern is a widely published author whose
work has appeared in South Dakota Review, Red Rock
Review, Feminist Studies, Minnesota Monthly, and other
literary journals. She is the author of five professionally
produced plays, the winner of a Tamarack Award, and the
recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board writing fellowship.
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Pam’s new book, The Plain Sense of Things (University of
Nebraska Press), will be released in 2008. Returning to the
fictitious town of Elmyra, NE, this collection of connected
stories chronicles three generations of a family from 1930-
1980 against a backdrop of the Great Depression, World
War II, the killing spree of Charles Starkweather, and the
resignation of Nixon.