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P.D. Callahan

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in Boston, The United States

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http://doorindarkwater.com

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In 1972, P. D. Callahan graduated from Hampshire College and drove directly to Maine to visit a friend. Ten years later he was still there working on the water, winter and summer, as a commercial herring fisherman. Callahan’s crazy unplanned career is the subject of DOOR IN DARK WATER, a memoir of the people he loved, their collective moments of terror and temporary stardom, and a culture long since lost.

P. D. Callahan now lives outside of Boston, Massachusetts and has published several short works in literary magazines.

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Door in Dark Water

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“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people.” from 'Bird by Bird’ by @ANNELAMOTT Love that book.
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What family has no mariner in its tree? No fool, no felon. No fisherman. -Cormac McCarthy, Suttree
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“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people.”
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message 1: by Kathleen

Mar 12, 2013 09:02AM

Thanks, Paul! A terrific list. Helpful too...all best wishes, Kathleen Spivack

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