Stories for the start of summer. We want summer to be this wonderful break, but so often it fails to deliver. We hear Ron Carlson's short story about a summer job delivering tanks of oxygen to the infirm, Scott Carrier takes a river vacation, and more.
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Prologue
Julie throws up. (6 minutes)
Act One
Act Two
On The Green River
We begin to hear a story by Scott Carrier. And Ron Carlson's story continues.
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