A Dreamlike Appearance of the End of the World in ‘The Drowning Practice’

[ad_1] LINK APPLICATIONby Mike Meginnis “The Drowning Practice” is a book about a dream and reads like a dream at the same time: melancholy and luminous, circular and discursive, resistant to easy interpretation. The premise of Mike Meginnis’s second novel after “The Fat Man and the Little Boy” is simple and bizarre: One night, everyone …

Kentucky Derby Champion Medina Spirit Dies During Practice

[ad_1] Spirit of Medina questioned by his victory in the Kentucky Derby drug test after a failed racedied Monday after a timed workout. The equine medical director of the California Horseracing Board, Dr. Jeff Blea said the colt suffered an apparent heart attack after five long runs at the Santa Anita racetrack in Southern California. …