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Ron Yates

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in Atlanta, GA, The United States

May 20

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https://ronyates.net

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Fiction, Memoir

Influences

Elizabeth Strout, Richard Yates, Flannery O'Conner, Hemingway, Jane Sm ...more

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Ron Yates has been learning to write for most of his life. He whipped out good essays in high school, but his adolescent energies were largely devoted to tinkering with old cars, drag racing, drinking beer, and trying to stay out of trouble.

Although encouraged by his English teachers to pursue higher education, Yates, after graduating high school in lackluster fashion, spent time languishing in factory jobs. An aching back and a caring girlfriend prompted him to explore other options.

His enduring love of reading and nascent knack for writing guided him to a degree in English and a career teaching high school. Years later he earned an MFA in creative writing from Queens University of Charlotte.

Yates, who lives near Mt. Cheaha on the shore ...more

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	Make It Right: A Novella and Eight Stories 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — 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
	Ben Stempton's Boy 4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — 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
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Tim Bryant’s recently released novel, The Bird in Your Heart, is a beautifully conceived and tightly woven chronicle of the geography, traditions, and superstitions of the South Carolina Lowcountry; generational expectations; family; friendship; racial barriers and bridges; good whiskey; the persistent lure of sailing across the open sea; and the therapeutic value of bird watching. If you’re think

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