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Stone Reader

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In 2002, Dow Mossman was the subject of the documentary film Stone Reader by Mark Moskowitz,^[1][2][3] which chronicled the director’s attempt to resuscitate the acclaimed book and speak to its seemingly vanished author.

Prior to Stone Reader, Mossman had been employed for 19 years as a welder, before quitting his job to look after his aging mother until her death, after which he returned to work as a paper bundler for the local newspaper. After the film’s release, The Stones of Summer was re-published by Barnes & Noble. He is now semi-retired.