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Tagsfaulkner (2), Brown (1), Thomas Pynchon (1), Hesse (1), southern literature (1), southern (1) — see all tags

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GroupsBBC Radio 3 Listeners, Deep South, Mainers, Progressive & Liberal!, Radical History, What Are You Reading Now?

Favorite authorsLarry Brown, Raymond Carver, John Dufresne, William Faulkner, Richard Ford, Hermann Hesse, Richard Russo, Brad Watson (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresElliott Bay Bookstore, Gulf of Maine Books, Powell's City of Books, Square Books, TurnRow Book Company

Favorite librariesCurtis Memorial Library, Hawthorne & Longfellow Library, Bowdoin College

About meDoc note, I dissent. A fast never prevents a fatness. I diet on Cod

About my libraryI enjoy fiction. My particular interest lies in contemporary American fiction (with a nod towards Southern fiction)Though, I will read about anything and spend a fair amount of time searching for books that will elicit an embarrassing laugh in public.

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Member sinceMay 11, 2008

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That Yankee Cat: The Maine Coon by Marilis Hornidge

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That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo

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The Grace That Keeps This World: A Novel by Tom Bailey

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Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories (Vintage Contemporaries) by Tobias Wolff

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Confluence: Merrymeeting Bay by Franklin Burroughs

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High Lonesome by Barry Hannah

Re: Juliet, Naked- Have I read it? Sort of. Heh. I have a couple of books that have been patiently waiting their turn to be read, but when Juliet arrived, I cheated a bit and read the first chapter. It was great. I'm like Hornby's stuff, and this one seems to be getting back towards his better stuff (High Fidelity, About A Boy, Fever Pitch).

posted by Dogberryjr at 9:13 am (EST) on Nov 3, 2009

Hey,

Just a quick note to let you know that my new novel, Dirty Little Angels, is now available. Thought you might like it since it's been compared to Larry Brown, whom I noticed you like. Here's a link to a summary in case you're interested:

http://christophertusa.com/blog/?page_id...

Take care,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 12:06 am (EST) on Feb 20, 2009

By the way, I laughed out loud while reading Dear American Airlines, something I do not do too often. That might fit your "books that will elicit an embarrassing laugh in public". Also recently read and loved The Story of a Marriage.

posted by alphaorder at 7:24 am (EST) on Jul 17, 2008

I love Taylor Grocery! A number of booksellers were in Oxford for some meetings a few years back and our friends from Square Books took us there. Can't wait to get back! Met a lot of great authors from that area as well.

I am from Milwaukee and have been a bookseller for 19 years. The many who in 1927 started our company, Harry Schwartz, published the story Salmagundi by Faulkner early on. He and his partner wrote Faulkner a note on a wine stained napkin asking if they could publish him. Thought you might enjoy the story.

All best,
Nancy

posted by alphaorder at 6:17 pm (EST) on Jul 16, 2008

Dave,

Just received my copy of "Dog of The South". Plan on reading it soon :>)

Jeannie

posted by faceinbook at 9:32 pm (EST) on Jul 11, 2008

Dave,
I can't resist a recommendation ! I will give Portis a try. It took me a long time to add all of my books. I would kind of add in spurts. I also have books in two different residents which made it interesting :>0

Thanks Dave! Off to Amazon to check out Protis

Jeannie

posted by faceinbook at 9:48 pm (EST) on Jun 19, 2008

Hi vincentvan, welcome to LT, and good to hear from you. I'm afraid I wasn't making any kind of statement with my omitted non-fiction titles, but instead, everything got erased in a glitch last week, and only now have had the time to restore them. Take a look and see what you think, and if you feel like it, please drop by the Deep South group, as we're gearing up to read either Tony Earley's Jim the Boy, or Larry Brown's Father and Son. All the luck!!

Louis

posted by LouisBranning at 3:33 pm (EST) on Jun 16, 2008

Hello and thanks for the comment. I grew up on the east coast in Massachusetts. I even lived in Auburn, Maine briefly in the late 90's. That was when I tried briefly moving back to the northeast. I immediatley missed the Pacific Northwest and I've been back here for nearly 7 years now.

We do have some quality books in common. Winter: Notes from Montana by Rick Bass and Plainsong by Kent Haruf are two of my all-time favorites.

posted by hayduke at 2:40 am (EST) on Jun 15, 2008

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