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Dennis Vickers

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in Winner, South Dakota, The United States

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Surprisingly, truth is best told through fiction. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Of course, lies are best told through nonfiction, but I don’t do that. With fiction, the story can be about almost anything so long as it has the stuff of life in it. The stuff of life -- aye, there’s the rub.

Like bears and Sasquatch, Dennis Vickers lives in the north woods. Sometimes he teaches philosophy and creative writing at a tribal college; other times he holds up in a river cottage and writes this stuff. As the previous sentence proves, he knows how to work semicolons and isn’t afraid to use them.

Book-length fiction:
1. Witless: Rural communities clash in 18th Century Wisconsin.
2. Bluehart: Life story of fictional blues accordion player.
3. Seco ...more

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Average rating: 4.19 · 32 ratings · 15 reviews · 14 distinct works

	Mikawadizi Storms 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Between the Shadow and the Soul 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013 — 5 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
	Passing through Paradise 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Bluehart 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	Witless 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	The Second Virtue liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009 — 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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	Adam's Apple it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 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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	Adam's Apple by Dennis Vickers (Goodreads Author), Dennis Vickers (Goodreads Author), Rebecca Vickers (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	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 bought this book when it first came out because I know the poet (more about that in a minute), but I put it on my stack of books I’ll read and read instead the top book on that stack (I forget what book that was now). At the end of spring semester I collected things in my office to bring home for summer reading and whatever. Flashcuts came home with that stack but went on the read-it-this-summer Read more of this blog post »

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Bewilderment

by Richard Powers

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Quichotte

by Salman Rushdie

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The View From Nowhere

by Thomas Nagel

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“Karaoke divides humanity into two groups: those who don’t want to sing and shouldn’t be compelled, and those who do and shouldn’t be allowed.”
― Dennis Vickers, Passing through Paradise

tags: karaoke

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“No difference making a living with what’s between your ears and making one with what’s between your legs.”
― Dennis Vickers, Mikawadizi Storms

tags: prostitution

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“Her hair burst from her head like a fireworks shell erupting, framing her face in spray of red-blond energy.”
― Dennis Vickers, Between the Shadow and the Soul

tags: red-hair, simile

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“Our reality may be fabled, but surely will be fleeting, because when the storyteller looks away, the story collapses. In the end, we vanish like mist in the morning sun.”
― Dennis Vickers

tags: reality-story

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“Our stories are phantoms of fleeting moments reflected in mirrors.”
― Dennis Vickers

tags: reality-illusion

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“When one speaks of sex with midgets, one must speak French.”
― Dennis Vickers

tags: sex-midgets-french

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“Karaoke divides humanity into two groups: those who don’t want to sing and shouldn’t be compelled, and those who do and shouldn’t be allowed.”
― Dennis Vickers, Passing through Paradise

tags: karaoke

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“Truth is a melody composed of lying notes.”
― Dennis Vickers, Passing through Paradise