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Gary Presley

Born

Long Beach, The United States

Died

December 23, 2017

Genre

Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction, History

Influences

Tom Wolfe, Richard Selzer, P.J. O'Rourke, Carl Hiaasen, Bruce Catton, ...more

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I love words. Why? I don't know. Reaction to laconic male influences perhaps. It matters not. It matters to me only that I won an essay contest sponsored during the centennial anniversary of The Joplin Globe newspaper, and the essay was placed in a time capsule to be opened sometime shortly before the beginning of the 22nd century. Cool beans, huh? And I began writing more, selling to Salon.com, Notre Dame Magazine, and dozens of other venues. Now I have a book in print: Seven Wheelchairs: A Life beyond Polio. Hey, who else do you know who has used a wheelchair for 49 years? ...more

199 posts
Gary Presley's Blog

Gary Presley isn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but they do have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from their feed.

Modern Love 18: "Would My Heart Outrun Its Pursuer?"

The actor Colin Farrell reads my essay published in The New York Times several years ago.

It still resonates with me, the essay, but Farrell's Irish lilt and the superb editing by the staff at WBUR deepen the essay's resonance. Read more of this blog post »

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Gary Presley’s books

Average rating: 4.15 · 84 ratings · 22 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Modern Love: True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption by Daniel Jones (Goodreads Author) (Editor)(Narrator)(Introduction), Marisa Lascher (Contributor), Matteson Perry (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 14,553 ratings — published 2007 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seven Wheelchairs: A Life beyond Polio 4.24 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The View from Down Here it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Gary Presley’s Followers (14)

Gary Presley

199 postsGary Presley's Blog

Modern Love 18: "Would My Heart Outrun Its Pursuer?"

Combine EditionsGary Presley’s books

199 posts
Gary Presley's Blog

Combine Editions
Gary Presley’s books