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William L. Garner

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Memphis, TN, The United States

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http://williamlgarner.com

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Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Memoir

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Hunter S. Thompson, Mark Twain

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William Garner was born in Memphis, Tennessee. Following a disastrous and near tragic house fire at their home in Senatobia, Mississippi on the day after Christmas 1960, his family moved to Jonesboro, Arkansas where his father practiced medicine. William is a 1963 graduate of Miss Macky’s Kindergarten in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Following a devastating tornado that struck Jonesboro in May of 1968, the family moved to Memphis for three years while his father pursued a residency in Radiology before returning to Jonesboro in 1971.

Mr. Garner was asked to graduate as a Junior from Jonesboro High School in 1975. He attended Arkansas State University before being asked to leave both it and it’s branch campus at Beebe, Arkansas. Eventually, despite his ...more

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William Garner made a comment in the group On the Southern Literary Trail — Now accepting nominations for July 2026 Group Reads topic " I would like to submit "My Particular World" by William L Garner ...more "
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William Garner made a comment in the group On the Southern Literary Trail — Welcome to the Trail topic " Hi, I'm William (retired Unix geek). I grew up in Mississippi and Arkansas, drank a lot of beer at Ole Miss (Class of '80), spent my working life in N ...more "
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William Garner liked Jerry lewis's review of Me, Boo and The Goob: A Southern Adventure: "One of best book in a while Love this book. If you lived in south during the 60,s you will love this book. Took me back to my child hood time. Read it if nothing more than a few The end is worth a lot"
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William Garner liked Becky's review of Me, Boo and The Goob: A Southern Adventure: "The only flaw was countless editing errors in the Kindle version. But it's very cute and funny!"
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William Garner liked Brenda Corrigan's review of Me, Boo and The Goob: A Southern Adventure: "Palette cleanser between more intense reads. I echo other's comments about editing issues."
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