Tag Archives: Annie Proulx

A.S. Byatt’s New Book

Posted on June 3, 2009 by sheila

She’s got a new giant novel coming out: The Children’s Book. it’s been a while for her – recently it’s been mainly short stories – and I am beyond excited. Now that I hear what it’s about, I am even … Continue reading →

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The Books: “Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2″ – ‘Dump Junk’ (Annie Proulx)

Posted on May 18, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 by Annie Proulx – excerpt from the story ‘Dump Junk’. A woman dies, and it is up to her two children to sort out all of her “junk”, accumulated over … Continue reading →

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The Books: “Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2″ – ‘The Wamsutter Wolf’ (Annie Proulx)

Posted on May 13, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 by Annie Proulx – excerpt from the story ‘The Wamsutter Wolf’. A lot of Annie Proulx’s stories are dominated by silence and space. Maybe there’s wind, the sound of snow … Continue reading →

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The Books: “Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2″ – ‘Man Crawling Out Of Trees’ (Annie Proulx)

Posted on May 12, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 by Annie Proulx – excerpt from the story ‘Man Crawling Out Of Trees’, I love this story. It’s about two transplants from New England to Wyoming – and the culture … Continue reading →

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The Books: “Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2″ – ‘What Kind Of Furniture Would Jesus Pick?’ (Annie Proulx)

Posted on May 11, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 by Annie Proulx – excerpt from her sweeping saga in 30 pages ‘What Kind Of Furniture Would Jesus Pick?’ Another one of Proulx’s stories that feels like a novel, ‘What … Continue reading →

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The Books: “Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2″ – ‘The Trickle-Down Effect’ (Annie Proulx)

Posted on May 10, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 by Annie Proulx Anything coming after Close Range was going to be a disappointment – especially since Proulx explicitly connected them by calling this short story collection “Wyoming Stories 2”. … Continue reading →

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The Books: “Close Range: Wyoming Stories” – ‘Brokeback Mountain’ (Annie Proulx)

Posted on May 9, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction Close Range : Wyoming Stories, by Annie Proulx – excerpt from the story ‘Brokeback Mountain’. First published in The New Yorker in 1997, ‘Brokeback Mountain’ of course went on to be her most famous short … Continue reading →

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The Books: “Close Range: Wyoming Stories” – ‘A Lonely Coast’ (Annie Proulx)

Posted on May 8, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction Close Range : Wyoming Stories, by Annie Proulx – excerpt from the story ‘A Lonely Coast’. A depressing story all-around. With a couple of rarities in terms of Proulx’s other work: It’s a first-person narrative, … Continue reading →

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The Books: “Close Range: Wyoming Stories” – ‘The Bunchgrass Edge Of the World’ (Annie Proulx)

Posted on May 7, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction Close Range : Wyoming Stories, by Annie Proulx – excerpt from the story ‘The Bunchgrass Edge of the World’. Like ‘People In Hell Just Want A Drink Of Water’, another story in the collection (excerpt … Continue reading →

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The Books: “Close Range: Wyoming Stories” – ‘People In Hell Just Want A Drink Of Water’ (Annie Proulx)

Posted on May 6, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction Close Range : Wyoming Stories, by Annie Proulx. ‘People In Hell Just Want A Drink Of Water’ tells the story of two ranching families – the Dunmires and the Tinsleys – going back in generations, … Continue reading →

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