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501 Minutes to Christ
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Writer Poe Ballantine traces the vagabond arc of his life in a series of essays that encompass his tours across America.
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501 Minutes to Christ by Poe Ballantine proves that there's still a member of the Beat Generation wandering among us. A ridiculously gifted writer who could tell a good story about nothing, Ballantine has made sure he doesn't have to by spending most of his adult life as an itinerant writer, cook, day laborer, drinker, gambler, and moral philosopher. In this collection, he hangs out with the homeless in New Orleans and the speed freaks in San Diego, devises a plan to punch... more
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