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	Flowering Judas by Katherine Anne Porter, Virginia Spencer Carr (Editor), Barbara Thompson (Contributor) 3.46 avg rating — 339 ratings — published 2011 — 18 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
	Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery by John Gregory Brown (Goodreads Author), Robert H. Brinkmeyer Jr. (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.87 avg rating — 239 ratings — published 1994 — 15 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 Art and Vision of Flannery O'Connor 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1990 — 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
	Remapping Southern Literature: Contemporary Southern Writers and the West 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2000 — 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
	The Fourth Ghost: White Southern Writers and European Fascism, 1930–1950 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2009 — 7 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
	Reading Southern Poverty between the Wars, 1918–1939 by Richard Godden (editor), Andrew Warnes (Contributor), Clive Webb (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	Citizen-Scholar: Essays in Honor of Walter Edgar 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 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

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Bob Brinkmeyer rated a book liked it A Marker to Measure Drift by Alexander Maksik	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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Bob Brinkmeyer and 10 other people liked Kerry Pickens's review of Cormac McCarthy: A Legacy Revisited: "I don’t like this book. It’s a very critical, negative view point of someone who has an extreme amount of writing talent. For example, the author criticizes Cormac McCarthy for not always being factual while the author is not always factual either. F" Read more of this review »
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Bob Brinkmeyer and 9 other people liked Rebecca's review of Eye Level: Poems: "(Longlisted for the Swansea University International Dylan Thomas Prize.) Xie, who was born in Hefei, China and grew up in New Jersey, now teaches at New York University. Her poems focus on the sense of displacement that goes hand in hand with immigr" Read more of this review »
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Bob Brinkmeyer made a comment on Rebecca’s review of Eye Level: Poems " Fabulous review, Ilse. And I totally love the line "I’ve grown lean from eating only the past." Been there, done that--and maybe I still am doing that ...more "
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Bob Brinkmeyer and 203 other people liked Ilse's review of A History of the Novel in Britain: "Novels consist of a number of things, and one of them, often, is a story. A good story can be told in a few sentences. Or it can be sustained over tens of thousands of words. And the story of the novel in Britain is a good story. It has heroes and he" Read more of this review »
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Lately I’ve been reading, not entirely by design, a number of novels about isolated people in out-of-the-way villages whose lives drastically change when a mysterious person (or people) enters into the community and disrupts the protagonist’s everyda ...more
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Bob Brinkmeyer made a comment on his review of Seascraper " I appreciate your recommendation, Jonathan, but I'm not a huge fan of Paul Beatty. I'm sure I'm the minority in this regard. Maybe I'll give him anoth ...more "
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Bob Brinkmeyer made a comment on Bonnie G.’s review of Seascraper " We're clearly dovetailing in our reading interests. Very nice review. I'm glad Wood didn't overplay the ending (happily ever after, etc.). ...more "
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