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LIKE MEN, MADE VARIOUS

LIKE MEN, MADE VARIOUS

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ISBN: 978-0-9762114-2-6

Pub Date: Mar. 2006

Pages: 124


By Paul Bowers


Here’s a writer! Paul Bowers’s Like Men, Made Various is aptly titled—a “biological philosopher” seeks the essence of Life, only to be overwhelmed by the sonogram vision of his soon-to-be-born daughter; a Vietnam vet eccentrically acts out his post-traumatic stress; the father of a cancer-stricken child rages against the conventional concept of God’s Providence; the president of a failing small college stages a desperate sit-in to revive it; a man commits suicide by drowning as he kills the mule that killed his wife . . . Bowers’s range is seemingly limitless, his stories intelligent, imaginative, profound, and polished to a compelling luster.

—Gordon Weaver


    The men in Paul Bowers’ debut include an unlikely hero and a university president, a farmer (and his deadly mule), an expectant father and a father preparing to grieve. These characters know something about hope and anger, duty and powerlessness, loneliness and love. Bowers knows something about telling stories that are absolutely true.

    —Diana Joseph, author of Happy or Otherwise


    In Like Men, Made Various, Paul Bowers writes with compassion, wit, and wisdom, giving us a glimpse of humanity and an undercurrent of dark humor. . . . What I love about these stories is their variety and the artistic manner in which they are made.

    —Allen Learst

    Paul Bowers lives with his wife and daughter in Enid, Oklahoma, a town in northwest Oklahoma situated along the old Chisholm Trail. He is an avid horseperson, and enjoys training both equines and canines. He is a certified therapy dog evaluator and, along with his seventy-five pound canine partner, Buddy, makes frequent visits to assisted living centers and long-term care facilities. He earned a B.A. from The University of Tulsa, an M.A. and Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University, and currently teaches writing and literature at Northern Oklahoma College.

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