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Charles Dodd White
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A Shelter of Others
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Lambs of Men
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2010
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Degrees of Elevation: Short Stories of Contemporary Appalachia
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Appalachia Now
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In the House of Wilderness
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Walk Till the Dogs Get Mean: Meditations on the Forbidden from Contemporary Appalachia
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Sinners of Sanction County
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How Fire Runs
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A Year without Months
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The World Itself
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A SHELTER OF OTHERS Publication Day
Today A Shelter of Others is published. It’s been a bit of a wait, but I’m excited to see this book out into the world. There’s a nice write up over at Fiddleblack’s blog that discusses “antipastoralism” and how this novel fits that definition. Read it here
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"A tale of literary hell — a book where the chapters are numbered with Roman numerals, and EVERY paragraph begins with the word “and.” And each of those paragraphs is just a run-on sentence, so the entire book is devoid of ANY periods, including the l"
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“Men were doomed to repeat the sins of not only their fathers, but all their ancient forbears on back to Cain. That was the true mark upon man, scripted in his very blood.”
― Lambs of Men
― Lambs of Men
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| On the Southern L...: Favorite Books of 2014 | 66 | 108 | Apr 24, 2015 03:00PM | |
| The Challenge Fac...: What Happened on October 4, 1861? | 17 | 71 | Nov 01, 2015 09:44AM | |
| The Challenge Fac...: TCF's Fall Seasonal Challenge | 60 | 131 | Dec 21, 2015 09:15PM | |
| UK Book Club: Ian's USA Trip | 154 | 253 | Mar 21, 2016 10:12AM | |
| On the Southern L...: Now Accepting Nominations for April, 2017, Group Reads | 29 | 51 | Feb 22, 2017 11:58AM | |
| Just For Fun!: * Fantasy Tiara Collection - Sign Ups & Tracking | 106 | 57 | Jan 20, 2018 05:48PM | |
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“Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with men.”
― Chance
― Chance
“Speaks well of a man to need a little something in this world. I wouldn't trust a man who could git through it cold sober.”
― Blood and Grits
― Blood and Grits
“Men were doomed to repeat the sins of not only their fathers, but all their ancient forbears on back to Cain. That was the true mark upon man, scripted in his very blood.”
― Lambs of Men
― Lambs of Men
“Is my paranoia getting completely out of hand, or are you mongoloids really talking about me?”
― A Confederacy of Dunces
― A Confederacy of Dunces
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Charles wrote: "It's a fun town. We just got slammed with 17 inches of snow last week. No power for 3 days!"WOW....that's a LOT of freakin' snow!!!
It's a fun town. We just got slammed with 17 inches of snow last week. No power for 3 days!
Hi...thanks for the friend request. Congrats on your novel coming out...we love Asheville :)