Jim Shepard reads from "Boys Town" at NY State Writer's Conference

Jim Shepard reads a selection from his new story "Boys Town" at the New York State Summer Writers Institute, Skidmore College, June 29th, 2010.  It's a wonderful, short little clip.  "Here's the story of my life.  Whatever I did wasn't good enough, anything I figured out, I figured out too late.  And whenever I tried to help I made things worse...."[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtCjiD5Lc9g]

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