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Alyson Hagy, a novelist and short story writer, was raised on a farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and now lives and teaches in Laramie, Wyoming.

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	Scribe 3.18 avg rating — 1,639 ratings — published 2018 — 10 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
	Boleto 3.63 avg rating — 437 ratings — published 2007 — 9 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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	Keeneland : A Novel 3.48 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2000 — 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
	Snow, Ashes 3.84 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2012 — 4 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
	Graveyard of the Atlantic 4.29 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2000 — 2 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
	Hardware River Stories 4.37 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1991 — 6 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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	This Side of the Divide: New Lore of the American West by Danilo John Thomas (Editor), Vanessa Hua (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Willy Vlautin 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings	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
	Ploughshares Fall 1996 Guest-Edited by Richard Ford by Richard Ford (Editor), Ploughshares (Goodreads Author), Ann Beattie 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1996 — 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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“I think a person who wants too much is asking to be disappointed.... I'd like to be good at just one thing.”
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“A story is a strong bridge across the night.”
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What should we read for the inaugural Graywolf Press Book Club? The winning book will be announced on April 14th and the first Graywolf Press Book Club will begin April 15th!

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How to Escape from a Leper Colony: A Novella and Stories by Tiphanie Yanique

7 votes 46.7%

Your Presence Is Requested at Suvanto: A Novel by Maile Chapman

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Vanishing Point: Not a Memoir by Ander Monson

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Ghosts of Wyoming: Stories by Alyson Hagy

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Obabakoak by Bernardo Atxaga

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Apr 21, 2012 01:06PM

Alicia--Tough one for me. I don't think of American fiction in regional terms like I once did. I guess that's because I've lived in some many different regions.

But. Faulkner, for sure. Probably Absalom, Absalom. And my list would include story collections by Flannery O'Connor, Eudora Welty, Peter Taylor, and Katherine Anne Porter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers. The Moviegoer by Walker Percy. Cane by Jean Toomer, yes. A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines (or maybe A Gathering of Old Men). To Kill a Mockingbird. Beloved by Toni Morrison, perhaps?

And your picks?

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message 1: by Alicia

Apr 20, 2012 09:20AM

O.K. Alyson, I saw this and immediately was curious what your list of 11 would be. Care to share?

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