Article: KINGSOLVER DOES HER BEST ED MCMAHON.(Books)(Column)

Byline: Patti Thorn

It isn't every day that Barbara Kingsolver leaves a message on your answering machine asking you to call back. That alone might be reason to celebrate - never mind that you've entered a contest sponsored by the acclaimed author and just maybe, perhaps, could have won.

But Denverite Donna Gershten is the cautious type.

Even though her husband had picked up the message and run outside announcing ``to anyone and everyone on the street corner that I won this prize,'' even though her in-laws celebrated at dinner that night - Gershten could think only one thought. ``Y'all are setting me up.''

``I think there's a ...

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