My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird the mysterious benedict society Plimpton focuses on two of

Plimpton focuses on two of the most entertaining and roguish linemen and former teammates -- Alex Karras ("Mad Ducks") and John Gordy ("Bears")

The real-life model for The Great Gatsby's Meyer Wolfsheim and Nathan Detroit from Guys and Dolls

" —Sara Vladic

has changed little in two thousand years-and examines how

and a beautiful wife (whom he loves)

My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird the mysterious benedict society Plimpton focuses on two ofA landmark collection: the first anthology of short fiction by Afghan women that are "powerful, profound, and deeply moving" (Elif Shafak, author of The Island of Missing Trees, a Reese's Book Club pick) "My pen is the wing of a bird; it will tell you those thoughts we are not allowed to think, those dreams we are not allowed to dream." Eighteen Afghan women living in, speaking about, and writing from the country itself tell stories that are powerful