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Tag Archives: Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2
The Books: “Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2″ – ‘Dump Junk’ (Annie Proulx)
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 →
The Books: “Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2″ – ‘The Wamsutter Wolf’ (Annie Proulx)
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 →
The Books: “Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2″ – ‘Man Crawling Out Of Trees’ (Annie Proulx)
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 →
The Books: “Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2″ – ‘What Kind Of Furniture Would Jesus Pick?’ (Annie Proulx)
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 →
The Books: “Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2″ – ‘The Trickle-Down Effect’ (Annie Proulx)
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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Books read this year. I actually may end up adding a couple more to the list – since I am bed-ridden at the moment and could finish 2 more books by the time the damn ball drops across the river. … Continue reading →
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