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Running on Red Dog Road: And Other Perils of an Appalachian Childhood by Drema Hall Berkheimerpre -
Airships by Barry Hannah - 1978 by a Mississippi author
I would like to submit "My Particular World" by William L Garner
Hi William. I presume that this is your work? Unfortunately we don't accept authors nominating their own books. Sorry about that. But there is a thread for authors to promote their own books, so feel free to use it.
I’ll nominate The World’s Largest Man by Harrison Scott Key in the post 1990 category.
Christian, as Dave mentioned above, you cannot nominate your own work. Move over to the author thread.
Pre - The Tall Woman by Wilma DykemanPost - The Risen by Ron Rash
Looks like we need one more nomination in each category.
Airships I ll read nominated or not ;) . I have run out of idea for other nominations
How about Terry Kay’s, To Dance with White Dog, for pre1990.
I think that wraps it up! Thanks everyone. Great nominations.
We will consider books with a southern literary theme that have not been read by the group in the last 24 months. The two categories are books originally published in or before 1990 or those published after 1990. In the latter case, we will no longer consider nominations for new books unless they have been available for at least four months prior to the date we begin reading the book. You may make one nomination in each category. Authors may not nominate their own works. Please post your nominations below and specify which category you are nominating them for.
Nominations will stay open for one week or until we receive six nominations in each category. Voting will take place in the first two weeks of next month.
The eligible nominations received will be listed below:
Books originally published in or before 1990
1. Lives of the Saints, by Nancy Lemann
2. Airships, by Barry Hannah
3. Of Love and Dust, by Ernest J. Gaines
4. Beloved, by Toni Morrison
5. The Tall Woman, by Wilma Dykeman
6. To Dance with the White Dog, by Terry Kay
Books originally published after 1990
1. Daughters of the Dust, by Julie Dash
2. The Light Pirate, by Lily Brooks-Dalton
3. Running on Red Dog Road: And Other Perils of an Appalachian Childhood, by Drema Hall Berkheimer
4. The World's Largest Man, by Harrison Scott Key
5. The Risen, by Ron Rash
6. A World Lost, by Wendell Berry