NEWS FROM JOHN MANUEL (BR): “Atmosphere Press has just published my novel, The Lower Canyons, about a canoe trip gone awry on the Rio Grande along the Texas/Mexico border. The story features a disgraced river guide, a recent divorcee and her petulant daughter, a 15-year-old Honduran refugee seeking asylum in the U.S., and a ranch hand-turned-vigilante, all thrown together in this remote corner of West Texas. O promise a great summer read for the house bound Yalie!”