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The Cadence of Grass (Vintage Contemporaries) by Thomas Mcguane

The Writing Life by Annie Dillard

Pricksongs & Descants: Fictions by Robert Coover

Conversatn E Welty by Walt Whitman

The Waterworks by E. L. Doctorow

The Granta Book of the Family

American Scene V214 by H.L. Mencken

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TagsNovel (152), Southern (84), Short Stories (65), Inspiration (29), History (25), Faulkner (21), Writing in General (20), Biography (15) — see all tags

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About me Just a writer and a teacher. I fish as well. With a fabulous wife, two dogs, and a boat--life is good. Working on a second novel and a few short stories--trying to learn how to get it right. And just for the record, American literature was at its greatest during the first half of the twentieth century. What happened? (Tongue in cheek of course, but no one seems to write with as much power or passion these days.)

About my library Just having found this site (thanks to the article in Poets and Writers), I am hopelessly addicted. Could be worse things. I've been adding more than I thought, but I enjoy it. Any comments whatsoever are welcome. But for now, I am just adding when I can, pulling random books from the shelves here in my study (that one day I will put in alphabetical order),amd seeing who else has similar tastes.

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I am currently reading McCarthy's new book, 'The Road.' It is a dark, haunting vision, and the eloquence we enjoy in McCarthy's pre-'No Country for Old Men' writing is here in the new work.

posted by southwestpoet at 3:04 am (EST) on Oct 13, 2006

Same sentiments with me on Suttree -- it blew me away as well, and prior to reading it I never thought I'd have a book more favorite than Blood Meridian or The Crossing.

posted by southwestpoet at 7:38 am (EST) on Jul 23, 2006

Thanks for the good wishes on future publishing, and I wish the same for your forthcoming fiction. I have 'Light in August' at home, but haven't read it yet; finishing Allison's 'Bastard Out of Carolina'.

posted by southwestpoet at 7:36 am (EST) on Jul 23, 2006

I read 'Go Down Moses,' my first Faulkner, a couple of months ago (and reading him at the age of 51 I should be ashamed, but I'm trying to make up for all the time wasted reading sports and religious stuff). One critic says Cormac McCarthy is a late Modernist, so maybe on a certain plane he is an early 20th-century writer. By the way, I also came to Library Thing via the P&W website; I peruse their online classifieds each month for new literary journals to submit poetry to. And I share your hopeless addictions.

posted by southwestpoet at 3:26 am (EST) on Jul 21, 2006

Thanks for helping out. Cheers, ryn

posted by ryn_books at 6:05 am (EST) on Jul 13, 2006

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