Brendan Calling

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Philadelphia, war, writing June 5th, 2007

My brother has an excellent piece, in which he meets a woman whose son died in Iraq. It’s an amazing, and heart wrenching, piece.

I wish more people read Ray’s blog: he’s a great writer with a really sharp mind.

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