Idyll Banter: Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town

Years ago, Chris Bohjalian and his wife traded their Brooklyn co-op for a century-old Victorian house in Lincoln, Vermont (population 975). Bohjalian, a bestselling novelist, began chronicling life in that gloriously quirky little village with a wide variety of magazine essays and his newspaper column, Idyll Banter. These pieces, written over the course of twelve years, are honest, funny, and deeply affecting reflections on the unique idiosyncrasies of small-town life (annual outhouse races) and the universal experiences (our hunger for neighborliness) that unite us all."

Chris Bohjalian is the award-winning author of nine novels, including Before You Know Kindness, The Buffalo Soldier, Trans-Sister Radio, The Law of Similars, and Midwives.