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Aaron Burch

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AARON BURCH grew up in Tacoma, WA. He is the author of the memoir/literary analysis Stephen King’s The Body; a short story collection, Backswing; and a novella, How to Predict the Weather. He is the founding editor of Hobart, which he edited from 2001–2022, and more recently he founded and edits HAD and WAS (Words & Sports). He lives in Ann Arbor, MI.

His first novel, YEAR OF THE BUFFALO, was released in November 2022 from American Buffalo Books, which is available here:

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Average rating: 4.32 · 664 ratings · 132 reviews · 29 distinct works • Similar authors
Stephen King's The Body
4.30 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions
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Backswing
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How to Predict the Weather
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Year of the Buffalo
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A Kind of In-Between
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How to Take Yourself Apart,...
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How to Write a Novel: An An...
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Tacoma
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Excerpt of The Body

An excerpt (the 1st, and 20th & 21st chapters) of my upcoming book about Stephen King's The Body went up on Hobart:

http://www.hobartpulp.com/web_feature...

The excerpt is about the book and Stand By Me, and deer and buffalo, and roadtrips and tattoos, and relationships and being by yourself and growing up... Read more of this blog post »
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“In general, there are usually two reasons to swear--to get someone's attention and because it's fun.”
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message 2: by Aaron
Aug 14, 2011 12:36PM

Aaron Burch Kristine wrote: "Aaron, your "meteorological" divination in How to Predict the Weather is astounding.

I love this best: "They remembered being told to never look directly at the sun, that it would make you blind, ..."

awww, schucks. thanks, kristine!!


message 1: by Kristine
Aug 13, 2011 11:48PM

Kristine Muslim Aaron, your "meteorological" divination in How to Predict the Weather is astounding.

I love this best: "They remembered being told to never look directly at the sun, that it would make you blind, but it was beginning to feel like they could maybe use a little blindness."


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