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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.
Beef Torrey is part of an esteemed literary circle
- JEFF KORBELIK / Lincoln Journal Star
- May 19, 2007
- May 19, 2007
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Beef Torrey, a psychologist associate, has a passion for literature, which has led him to building friendships with several "New West" writers. (William Lauer) WILLIAM LAUER
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He began writing to Richard Brautigan as a high school sophomore. And when he did, Beef Torrey chose his words carefully. Brautigan, after all, was a cult hero, having penned such groundbreaking novels as “Trout Fishing in America” and “In Watermelon Sugar.”
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