By LK Gardner-Griffie on January 15, 2010
Sixteen is a pivotal age, stranded between childhood and adulthood. At sixteen life ranges from ecstasy to despair and the cause of the emotion can be trivial or momentous. I remember wanting to be taken seriously, to be treated more as an adult than a child.
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By Shannon Yarbrough on June 1, 2008
When I first began reading Separation by Ben Bell, I thought it was going to be another collection of short stories. My reasoning was because of the stream of consciousness-type inner dialog that the reader is presented with on page one. Dan Crake, the main character, is waking up and getting ready to go out with a friend.
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