John Howell’s wonderful book, Circumstances of Childhood, is featured on Lisa Burton Radio from this post on the Entertaining Stories blog.
Welcome to this week’s edition of Lisa Burton Radio. I’m your host, Lisa the robot girl, and we’re waiting for a very special caller. While doing that, let me ask you something.
How would you feel if you were accused of something you didn’t do? What if the ramifications were beyond serious? Would you rely upon the system to get it right? You only have so much energy and time. Would you focus on proving your innocence, or would you try to find the actual culprit?
Oh, my phone lit up. “Hello, this is Lisa Burton.”
“You are receiving a collect call from the Suffolk County Jail. Do you accept the charges?”
“Yes, please.”
“Hello. Is this Lisa? Please forgive the collect call. I didn’t know when we scheduled this interview that I would still be in jail.”
“Yes, Greg it’s me. Don’t worry about the call. I’m sure you…
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