The stories in John Warner''s Tough Day for the Army move from hilarious and biting to unsettling and sad-sometimes within the span of a few pages. Mining the absurdities, confusions, and hypocrisies of our contemporary times, these stories raise questions such as: What would happen if Jesus Christ played minor league hockey before he became the Son of God (""Second Careers"")? What would you do if a group of poets in search of inspiration appeared on your farm (""Poet Farmers"")?Many of the stories upend expectations of the act of storytelling, as in ""Corrections and Clarifications,"" writte… (more)