Daniel Woodrell

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February 27: Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell

Location: Large Meeting Room
Contact Number: 826-4600

End Time: 10:00 AM (MDGentleReader)… (more)

Daniel Woodrell reads from Outlaw Album.

Daniel Woodrell is able to lend uncanny logic to harsh, even criminal behavior in his wrenching first collection of short fiction. Desperation—both material and psychological—motivates his characters. A husband cruelly avenges the murder of his wife’s pet; an injured rapist is cared for by a young girl, until she reaches her breaking point; and a disturbed veteran of Iraq is murdered for his erratic behavior. There is also the tenderness and loyalty of the vulnerable in these stories—between spouses, parents and children, siblings, and comrades in arms—which brings the troubled, sorely tested cast of characters to vivid, relatable life. And, as ever, “the music coming from Woodrell’s banjo cannot be confused with the sounds of any other writer” (Donald Harington, Atlanta Journal-Constitution). (aripoisonedpen)… (more)