Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

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O America

O America

A view from across the pond

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Terry in America, 1980
Terry in Santa Monica, 1980

My love affair with America began when I was 15, although I was primed at a far, far younger age. At two or three years old, I used to sit in a box and make believe I was in a boat on my way to see my Auntie Pole.

Auntie Pole was, in fact, Aunty Pearl, my dad’s sister. She married an American GI stationed in England, and went b…

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