Tag Archives: Southern fiction

Winter’s Bone, By: Daniel Woodrell

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

For awhile Daniel Woodrell was considered an underrated writer. First heard about him when Hollywood was getting ready to make Winter’s Bone into a movie. Both his book and the movie received critical acclaim too. How does Daniel Woodrell classify … Continue reading →

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Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter: A Novel written by Tom Franklin

Posted on November 2, 2011 by

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin (2010) uses for its title a mnemonic kids in the south use to learn to spell Mississippi. I read an interview that the author fought to have this title. Well, anyway. This southern … Continue reading →

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