David Bouchier: Dark Matters: Delusions, Illusions, Lost Causes and Absurdities in Modern America

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WSHU Radio commentator David Bouchier is known for his light-hearted essays on America.
But Bouchier’s recent collection takes a serious and skeptical look at contemporary life.
Dark Matters: Delusions, Illusions, Lost Causes and Absurdities in Modern America was published in January.
Bouchier read from the work in May 2020 at a virtual gathering sponsored by Canios Cultural Café in Sag Harbor.
Listen here:
Other work by David Bouchier includes An Unexpected Life – a Memoir
and Lucky Man : A Life in Essays
 
More information is available at davidbouchier.com
More from David Bouchier on East End Ink:
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