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Ellen Gilchrist

Born

in Vicksburg, Mississippi, The United States

February 20, 1935

Died

January 30, 2024

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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A writer of poems, short stories, novels, and nonfiction commentaries, Ellen Gilchrist is a diverse writer whom critics have praised repeatedly for her subtle perceptions, unique characters, and sure command of the writer’s voice, as well as her innovative plotlines set in her native Mississippi.

As Sabine Durrant commented in the London Times, her writing “swings between the familiar and the shocking, the everyday and the traumatic.... She writes about ordinary happenings in out of the way places, of meetings between recognizable characters from her other fiction and strangers, above all of domestic routine disrupted by violence.” The world of her fiction is awry; the surprise ending, although characteristic of her works, can still shock ...more

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Average rating: 4.02 · 14,120 ratings · 1,011 reviews · 70 distinct works • Similar authors

	Victory Over Japan: A Book of Stories 4.10 avg rating — 2,237 ratings — published 1984 — 20 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
	In the Land of Dreamy Dreams 4.26 avg rating — 1,153 ratings — published 1981 — 20 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 Anna Papers 4.01 avg rating — 868 ratings — published 1988 — 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
	Drunk with Love: A Book of Stories 4.23 avg rating — 793 ratings — published 1981 — 13 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
	I Cannot Get You Close Enough: Three Novellas 4.16 avg rating — 765 ratings — published 1990 — 17 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
	Rhoda: A Life in Stories 4.21 avg rating — 726 ratings — published 1995 — 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 Annunciation 4.02 avg rating — 737 ratings — published 1983 — 11 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
	Light Can Be Both Wave and Particle 4.21 avg rating — 665 ratings — published 1989 — 13 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
	Net of Jewels 4.02 avg rating — 693 ratings — published 1992 — 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
	Nora Jane: A Life in Stories 4.07 avg rating — 509 ratings — published 2005 — 11 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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“All you have to do to educate a child is leave him alone and teach him to read. The rest is brainwashing.”
― Ellen Gilchrist

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“That's great," Katie said. "Actually, it's revolutionary. If you can work and be in love at the same time, you're the first woman I ever knew that could. Maybe you're the missing link, Amanda."

Maybe you ought to get a job for the 'Ladies Home Journal.' They like simplistic shit like that.”
― Ellen Gilchrist

tags: love, sarcasm

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“One thing I know is that it is a bad idea to marry someone who had bad parents. If they hated their mother, if they were hated by their mother or father, your marriage will pay for it in ways both obvious and subtle. When the chips are down, when someone is sick or loses their job or gets scared, the old patterns will kick in and he will treat you the way he treated his mother or the way she treated him.”
― Ellen Gilchrist

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What shall we read in August, 2022? Books published in or before 1990.

The Time It Never Rained, by Elmer Kelton

13 votes 25.0%

The Reivers, by William Faulkner

12 votes 23.1%

The Widow's Trial, by John Ehle

8 votes 15.4%

Woe to Live on, by Daniel Woodrell

7 votes 13.5%

Giant, by Edna Ferber

6 votes 11.5%

In the Land of Dreamy Dreams, by Ellen Gilchrist

6 votes 11.5%

52 total votes

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