Hunger - Knut Hamsun
Winesburg, Ohio - Sherwood Anderson
The Human Comedy - William Saroyan

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"Roses are red/Violets are blue/Oh my, lump in the bed/How I've missed you./Roses are redder/Bluer am I/Seeing you kissed by that charming French guy./The dogs and the cat, they missed you too/Barney's still mad you dropped him, he ate your shoe/The distance, my dear, has been such a barrier/Next time you want an adventure, just land on a carrier." - A George W. Bush orginal poem, written for Laura on her return from a five-day solo trip to Europe.