Room Service: Poems, Meditations, Outcries & Remarks: Poems, Meditations, Outcries & Remarks - Softcover

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"--The Los Angeles Times"

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"--The Washington Post"

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--Esquire"

Carlson writes about the natural world with convincing authority with Ron Carlson, you really are in expert hands. " The New York Times Book Review""

Carlson never drops an extra word or a false phrase.
" The Washington Post""

Carlson s a romantic even when he s writing about failings, folly and violence.
" The Los Angeles Times""

Carlson s focus is transporting, absorbing. It shakes you from stupor, strips you down. He understands that most of us live in a world of enervating crap, whether in the cliffs of Idaho or the canyons of the city. "
Esquire"
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