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Richard Goodman is the author of French Dirt: The Story of a Garden in the South of France. He is also the author of A New York Memoir, The Soul of Creative Writing and The Bicycle Diaries: One New Yorker's Journey Through 9-11. He is co-editor of The Gulf South: An Anthology of Environmental Writing.

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Yvette Pourciau died Tuesday.

I knew her because I teach creative writing at the Affiliated Blind here in Lafayette, Louisiana where I live and have for the last three years. Yvette, who was blind herself, taught braille at Affiliated. She came to the writing class frequently, though less so in the last months. I’m always reluctant to ask about the participants’ personal lives, but when I said I h

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	French Dirt: The Story of a Garden in the South of France 3.70 avg rating — 1,513 ratings — published 1991 — 22 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 Electric Pencil: Drawings from Inside State Hospital No. 3 by James Edward Deeds Jr., Harris Diamant (Foreword), Richard Goodman (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.25 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	The Soul of Creative Writing 4.20 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Frommer's New York City 2012 by Brian Silverman, Kelsy Chauvin, Richard Goodman (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Frommer's New York City 2011 by Brian Silverman, Richard Goodman (Goodreads Author), Kelsy Chauvin 4.11 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2010 — 8 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
	A New York Memoir 4.46 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Travelers' Tales Provence 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2003	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 Bicycle Diaries: One New Yorker's Journey Through 9-11 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011 — 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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A book that manages to be both serious and funny about the low-wage life in America.
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A graphic memoir that has the power of the best of the Brothers Grimm.
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A brave and honest book about the culture of abuse.
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