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Reviews of Clay Center
Big Sky Journal
Summer, 2005 Reviewed by Judy Meyer
Clay Center intensely captures the emotions of what it was like to be a part of the changing tides of the 1960s. Not only is it an accurate portrayal of the tumultuous Vietnam War era, it also carries cyclical implications for current world events...
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The Missoulian
April 8, 2004 Reviewed by Sherry Jones
Tolerance. Diversity. Equal rights. Pacifism. We hear the words all the time today, but before the 1960s they were concepts as foreign as fettuccine, as mysterious as the moon...
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Booklist
April 15, 2004 Reviewed by Joanne Wilkinson
First novelist Condon, in low key, heartfelt prose, delivers a near perfect portrait of what it was like to be young and adrift in the late '60s, capturing the easy camaraderie of longtime friends, their idealism, and also their confusion and desperation...
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The Seattle Times
April 15, 2004 Reviewed by Skye K. Moody
Whether or not you were there, Miller's personal quest for authenticity in confusing times will resonate as powerful storytelling. No other novel in recent times so faithfully conjures the era remembered simply as "the '60's."...
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The Missoula Independent
April 06, 2004 Reviewed by Azita Osanloo
Clay Center is a powerful, intuitive novel, subtle in the touching intimacy of its characters and their longing for the authenticity of simple affection and sincere ideals...
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The Soul of a Poet Reading Series
Condon does a masterful job at weaving the elements of the plot and characterization together in Clay Center. There are no loose ends in the story...
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The Bellingham Herald
May 13, 2004 Interviewed by Margaret Bikman
Missoula, Mont., writer Phil Condon recounts a year in the lives of high school dropouts and war protesters during the 1960s as they travel across the country engaging in hippie-esque activities...
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