Two Short Nonfiction works - by Charles D'Ambrosio

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Charles D'Ambrosio reads a short work which includes a letter from his brother, who is schizophrenic and whose halfway house of 12 years is closing. He finishes with a short journalistic piece about his experience reporting on a gunman-situation near Seattle.

Author: dSF
Time: 22:58
Plays: 58
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Reader:
Charles D'Ambrosio
Recorded:
2008
Groups: Progressive Reading Series
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"Emotional Muscle"

As Andrew Altschul so eloquently put it, the "emotional muscle" of Charles D'Ambrosio's reading and the inherent strength of emotion punched me straight in the chest and left me reeling for days. The first piece about his brother's schizophrenia and that brother's reflection upon his lot in life and upon his youngest brother, lost to suicide, were at once touching and harrowing, and poetic.

"I am fine as a blade of grass."

Fine indeed.

Published February 27th, 2008 by JohnYi