SEX EDUCATION New Stories from Vermont

In stories and poems recorded live at Town Hall, Parker celebrates a rural community and lifestyle that produces individuals of great character and dignity. With humor and irony, modest intonation, and purposeful phrasing, he presents a slate of Vermonters whose unpretentious wisdom grounds them in a changing world. But "Chapter 44," an excerpt from Parker's book in progress, rests like a pot of gold at the end of the tape. This vignette melds the storyteller's talents to portray the transformation of loneliness, fear, and despair into hope and possibility. Parker narrates this story with an inner fire that connects directly with his audience. R.M. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine [Published: DEC 02/ JAN 03]