Boneshaker: A Bicycling Almanac (BA 42-400, #4)

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[Table of Features BA 42-400]

6 Record of the Cyclist
{for the enlisted}

7 Preface: The Heart of the Matter
{a note from the editors}

10 Amongst Apples and Plums
{a variety of autumnal poems by Ms. Nicole E.F. Taylor}

14 I Wish This Ride Could Last Forever
{another nugget of specific truth by Ms. Shea’la Finch, curator of fine things}

16 Bicycles Shaping The Cityscape
{a telling interview with Mr. Jeff Mapes, author of Pedaling Revolution}

21 From the Poem Store
{an offering from Ms. Jacqueline Suskin’s one-woman verse factory}

22 Ride Safe: A Spoke Card Campaign
{Denver police and commuters work toward a truce on Bike to Work Day}

28 The Best of Bicycle Commuter Betty
{R. Willis tackles tough questions from riders at large}

44 Thundering Home In Texas
{Ms. Lisa Landry’s wet and harrowing ride in Austin}

47 The Direction We Go
{the moving poetry of Mr. Michael Bazzett}

51 “Is It About A Bicycle?”
{Mr. Evan P Schneider considers the bicycle
in Flann O’Brien’s wacky Irish novel}

56 Befuddled By Bicycles in Beckett’s Molloy
{Mr. Michael Bussmann wonders what on earth is going on here}

62 Getting Confident on the Road
{the fourth article in Ms. Rachael Spiewak’s real-life riding series}

65 A Long Way From New York: Diary of a South Dakotan Ride
{the Badlands as crossed by Mr. Ken Stanek}

68 Love Letters From the Saddle
{“Hello, there. I think you’re wonderful,” as mailed by Ms. Meg Scheil}

71 In Praise of Cycling
{Mr. Dirk Sollie’s new translation of Charles-Albert Cingria’s 1938 essay}

79 Behind Enemy Lines
{Ms. Elisa Munoz’s commuter diary from the least bicycle friendly state}

84 Solidified Independence
{the benefits of building your own frame, by Mr. Marc-Andre Chimonas}

91 Implied Synthesis
{Ms. Mary Richardson reviews David Byrne’s Bicycle Diaries}

97 100-word Reviews
{Teamwork Bags, made of recycled boat sails}

“The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets.”
~ Christopher Morley