Yeah, just when I'm all set to read Voaden's collection and uncover the secrets my mother left behind over sixty years ago, I find this little gem of a book called Almost an Evening by Ethan Coen. It's a collection of three short plays Coen (one half of the screenwriting duo the Coen brothers -- check 'em out, they're kind of famous) staged off-Broadway in 2008. The reason this really peeked my interest is because I've got a friend who's been after me to stage three of my short plays together and I've been a little resistant to the idea. I'm not sure people would really want to sit through three shorts in an evening as opposed to a full-length piece. She's insistent it's a good idea, and maybe, after I check out Coen's work, I might think so too. Anyway, we'll see.