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Requiem For A Paper Bag: celebrities & civilians tell stories of the best lost, tossed & found items from around the world by Davy Rothbart.

Davy Rothbart, founder and creator of Found Magazine, believes one person's trash is another person's treasure. He is a collector of items that may seem meaningless to the naked eye, but once he delves further, he is able to attach stories to the "trash" and imagine what kind of life the previous owner may have lived. Rothbart breathes life into discarded items, whether they be old photographs, a grocery list or a nasty note left on the windshield of a car. He encourages people to open their imaginations to "found" items. This title is an anthology of short stories written about such things. Some hilarious, some sad, all of the stories are treasures which came to life with a sprinkle of creativity and a need to answer questions such as who? what? when? where? and why? Check out the Found Magazine web site at http://www.foundmagazine.com/ for the find of the day.