In the Grimm brother’s Snow White the Queen gazes into the magic mirror that never lies and vainly asks: “Magic mirror in my hand, who is the fairest in the land.” Later, she gets the news: “My Queen, you are the fairest here so true. But, Snow White beyond the mountains at the seven dwarfs is a thousand times more beautiful than you.”
And so it goes with writers too. “Magic mirror in my hand who’s the best writer in this land?” Well, if we’re speaking of the hills and vales of Mendocino, Denis Johnson is long gone, and Eleanor Cooney (perhaps wisely) seldom says much when it comes to this place. Of course, there may be other dazzling writers hid out in the tan oak hills squirreling away words for a much bigger world, but when I also looked into the mirror, the mirror honestly replied: “Forget about it, hopeless. The best writer in Mendocino is Tommy Wayne Kramer who lives beyond the mountains in the land of Ukiah surrounded by dwarfs.”
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