Whenever a famous writer is interviewed, one of the first questions asked is generally, “Who are you influences?” Most writers seem to immediately name Faulkner because Faulkner for some reason – even if they aren’t Southern. And even if they don’t write impossibly long sentences that may not actually contain a predicate.
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Entries from July 2008
July 16, 2008
Stealing from your betters
July 7, 2008
Big Love
Columnist Greg Miller of The Elizabethton Star (Tenn.) devoted 401 words to a short story about eating lunch on July 4th:
“Tomorrow will be Independence Day,” SallieJo reminded her mother, SollieJa. “That means we’re going to have a cookout, right?”
“That’s right, Dear,” SollieJa said. “Hamburgers, hotdogs, homemade potato salad, potato chips and plenty of ice cold [...]
