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River Teeth, Fall 1999

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RIVER TEETH A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative Volume 1, Number 1 Fall 1999 David James Duncan - River An introduction Kim Barnes - The Clearwater Leon Dash and Susan Sheehan - Small change Nancy Mairsm - Sex and the Gimpy Girl Jon Franklin - A Death in the Family Joe Mackall - By Force, Threat, or Deception Ronald J. Nelson - The Language of Love in Richard Seizer's "The Consultation" Brian Mooney - Altogether the Wrong Color Burning 1915; 1999 John Reed - The country of death Philip Smucker - Kosovo under fire

139 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1999

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David James Duncan

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David James Duncan (born 1952) is an American novelist and essayist, best known for his two bestselling novels, The River Why (1983) and The Brothers K (1992). Both involve fly fishing, baseball, and family.

Both received the Pacific Northwest Booksellers award; The Brothers K was a New York Times Notable Book in 1992 and won a Best Books Award from the American Library Association.

Film adaptation
In 2008, The River Why was adapted into a "low-budget film" of the same name starring William Hurt and Amber Heard. Since April 30, 2008, the film rights to The River Why have become the subject of a lawsuit by Duncan alleging copyright infringement, among other issues.


Other works
Duncan has written a collection of short stories, River Teeth (1996), and a memoir of sorts, My Story As Told By Water (2001). His latest work is God Laughs and Plays: Churchless Sermons in Response to the Preachments of the Fundamentalist Right, published in 2006.

An essay, "Bird Watching as a Blood Sport", appeared in Harper's Magazine in 1998; Duncan wrote the foreword to Thoreau on Water: Reflecting Heaven (2001).

An essay, "A Mickey Mantle koan: The obstinate grip of an autographed baseball" appeared in Harper's Magazine in 1992.

Personal life
Duncan was born in Portland, Oregon and lives in Missoula County, Montana.

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