Richard Moore wrote:
> But, Mike, if you like Pinkney, let me recommend
another West Virginia
writer
> to you with an unusual name: Breece D'J Pancake.
Don't take my word for
it,
> here is what Joyce Carol Oates said on reviewing THE
STORIES OF BREECE D'J
> PANCAKE in 1983: "A writer of such extraordinary
gifts that one is
tempted to
> compare his debut to Hemingway's." She wasn't
interesting in pleasing the
> writer as poor Breece blew his brains out at the age
of 26.
******************** Thanks for the recommendation on the
Pancake. I ordered the collection you mentioned above. I'm
looking forward to getting them. By the way, I got the book
from Amazon and, as usual, it made some other interesting
recommendations. Here's a few of the ones I thought
interesting:
ANIMAL SOUL, Bob Hicok THE UNDERTAKING, Thomas Lynch BAY OF
ANGELS, Brookner BROTHERS AND KEEPERS, Wideman
Any of these sound familiar? And thanks to Mario and Todd too
for your comments.
miker
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