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Out In First District
Southernness in writing too often seems to echo "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance": "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." In Dixie County, FL the facts are much weirder than the kudzu covered legends. "Out In First District" provides the anxieties, oddities, and quirks that are needed to balance the regional narrative. Writer Lee Smith once said "It is damn hard to put a pipe-smoking granny or a pet possum into a novel these days and get away with it." And that is probably for the best.
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Published March 30, 2022
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Damon Thomas
14 books1 followerDamon Thomas is a sixth-generation Floridian who grew up on the banks of the Suwannee in rural Dixie County, FL. Here he experienced a Southernness that included sea monsters, swamp cabbage, and makeshift graves. Damon has released 28 Spoken Word albums and 9 books on how the bookish might pass time in a Southern Gothic setting.
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August 10, 2023
Damon Thomas has an extraordinary way with words.
His poems really evoke a sense of place and authenticity. While some of his stories really elevate the seemingly mundane by shinning a light on the comically absurd, others peel back the layers of our day to day lives, revealing the melancholy growing like moss underneath.
His work is hauntingly beautiful.
His poems really evoke a sense of place and authenticity. While some of his stories really elevate the seemingly mundane by shinning a light on the comically absurd, others peel back the layers of our day to day lives, revealing the melancholy growing like moss underneath.
His work is hauntingly beautiful.
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