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Thumper
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Username: Thumper
Post Number: 398
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 02:18 pm: | 
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Hello All,
Anyway, lets talk about a real writer. I was on a business trip this past week. I rode the train from here to Ann Arbor, Michigan. I loved the train ride. The trip gave me loads of time to read. While the train isn't the most speediest form of transportation, it is the most comfortable. I read 6 Days in January by William Cooper on the way to Ann Arbor and I read James Earl Hardy's new novel, A House is Not a Home on my return trip. A House is not a Home was not the book of choice on my trip home. I started off reading I Got Somebody in Staunton at the train station and in the rush to get a good seat on the train, I misplaced my copy. I was a sick pup, for real. William Henry Lewis writes as if his mind was kissed by God! Lewis is a phenomenal writer! I haven't felt this way about a writer since I read my first J. California Cooper's short story collection. I had to get another copy of I Got Somebody in Staunton in order to complete the book and continue this fascinating love affair I'm having with Lewis's style. I'm about half way finish with the collection. I'll let you all know what I think of it when I'm done. In the meantime, here's a link to the book. Check it out for yourself.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060536659/aalbccom-20 |
B_ball
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Username: B_ball
Post Number: 4
Registered: 03-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 11:18 am: |
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I read it about a month ago. I really like his writing style but only a few of the stories clicked with me. Unfortunately, the were all at the beginning of the book. I wasn't moved by it enough to recommend it to a friend but it was a decent read. |
Steve_s
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Username: Steve_s
Post Number: 115
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, September 05, 2005 - 07:34 pm: |
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What could be more timely than the story about the FEMA worker after the Texas floods who has flashbacks to a time he almost drowned? My favorite was Rossonian Days, about a jazz band on the road in the 1960s.
Interesting how the stories are ordered geographically; the first 4 take place in the South, the next 3 in the urban North, and of the last 3, two are set in the West and one in the Bahamas.
The first two are the most lyrical and almost seem like a pair; they share in common Macky's Mellowtone Grill and the blues festival. The last story, about the jazz band, is also very poetic.
I think that he's a very complete writer, I really enjoyed the book and look forward to his next one.
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