Winged Shoes and a Shield

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Don Bajema. Winged Shoes and a Shield

ROCK-A-BILLIES

BAD GIRL FROM TEXAS

BOY IN THE AIR

“YOU’RE ON . . .”

BLACKROAD

MY FATHER HOWLED IN HIS SLEEP

JOYCE

THE WIVES TOOK TURNS

NAVAJO

DOG PARTY

DASHBOARD

BOY IN THE AIR 2

SPHINX

SHERRY BABY

BUCEPHALUS

BEST TIME OF THE DAY

A T-SHIRT, PHEROMONES, AND GRIEF

JENNY

SLOW DANCING IN ‘66

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

BOY IN THE AIR 3

WINGED SHOES AND A SHIELD

1972

WHAT’D YA SAY?

ROBERT, I KNOW WHEN I’M NOT WANTED . .

JUMPER

NEAR THE EQUINOX

let us pray

SPILT MILK

BEAR FLAG STATE

SOUTH

WHEN RELATIONSHIPS GO BAD

YOU’LL RUIN THAT BOY

WHOPPER

HEY KID, YER A BANGER

BLUE

WEAK

SLIDE

REACH

CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO . .

MY DAD CURED ME OF GUNS

POST PERFORMANCE

RITA

5-28-92

TRIP THE LIGHT FANTASTIC

FOR THE RECORD

suit of lights

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“Bajema’s prose combines the precision of pop-song lyrics with the surreal haziness of a fever-dream. . . . These lyrical stories treat a range of topics, from schoolboy football stardom and infatuation with a local beauty to Eddie’s encounters with his emotionally battered father, described as a ‘dog of war’ with a ‘soul in pieces.’ A raw and direct pathway into the mind of an independent youth ‘trapped in the culture of Southern California.’” — Publishers Weekly

“From the moment you meet the thirteen-year-old Burnett in a San Diego suburb, to the moment many years later when he awakens with a bad hangover from a life that used to welcome him, you’ll find yourself silently cheering his every small triumph over gravity. Bajema is an enviably powerful storyteller . . . a walking badass of a book.” — Rolling Stone

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I tried again. “Don’t ya wanna go?”

With a shamed look on her face and a hint of anger in her voice, she said, “I don’t love Jesus.”

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