On backs of envelopes, a cast of characters emerges
Performance artist finds discarded grocery lists from all over the world - and in them, inspiration for stage, book, possibly TV. The lists, she believes, are like little memoirs. Everything - items, handwriting, Prozac stationery - reveals something, and so a goth boy, a therapist, an online date - are born.
National Public Radio/Day to Day 2008-07-29
Categories: Books, MEDIA
Index: A la cart, anthropology, dumpster diving, grocery lists, Hillary Carlip, Red Apple Market, Twizzlers