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May Lamar

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Born

in Montgomery, Alabama, The United States

Website

http://www.brothersid.com

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Historical Fiction

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Edith Wharton, Calvin Trillin, Anne Tyler, Mark Twain, Harper Lee, [a: ...more

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May Lamar landed her first newspaper job in 1980, when she was hired as a cub reporter for the Gastonia (North Carolina) Gazette. She later worked as a reporter for the Summit County (Colorado) Sentinel, the Fairhope (Alabama) Courier and the Montgomery Advertiser. She left journalism for advertising copywriting soon after the birth of her first child and ran a small agency for 20 years.
Brother Sid is Lamar’s first published novel and her fourth book. She and her husband, author/publisher Rich Donnell, live in Montgomery.

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Folk Mulch And Other Health News

If “folkwords” was a word, truer folkwords were never spoken:

“Nobody visits a garden to see the mulch.”

I just love that quote. It was written by a gardener whose name I can’t recall but bless him for making that up and making me smile, which brings us along to the point of this blog. Folk art is good for you.

The health benefits of folk art – be it song, painting, craft or book – can be summed up i Read more of this blog post »

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Published on March 03, 2013 09:43 • Tags: art, folk-art, gardening, reviews

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May Lamar’s books

Average rating: 4.11 · 28 ratings · 5 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Brother Sid: A Novel of Sidney Lanier 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Gifts: A Novel 4.40 avg rating — 5 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
	My Way: The Norval Morey Story by Rich Donnell (2013-05-03) by Rich Donnell, May Lamar (Goodreads Author), Lon Morey (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 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
	The Seventh Wonder it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Hunting: The Southern Tradition by May Lamar (Goodreads Author), Rich Donnell, Chip Cooper 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1987 — 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