Re: GEN: Summer reading for ourselves (fwd)

[Cheryl Bybee <cbybee@TENET.EDU>]

I just finished reading THE SHIPPING NEWS by E. Annie Proulx (also a
Pulitzer winner) and am nearly finished with IN THE TIME OF THE
BUTTERFLIES by Julia Alvarez.

I also recommend anything by Clyde Edgerton (RANEY is my current
favorite, but I have both KILLER DILLER  and  REDEYE ready to go.)

Let's see...I echo Mary's recommendation of the Barbara Kingsolver books,
and add:
        MAMA MAKES UP HER MIND by Bailey White
        HOMECOMING edited by Rod Lorenzen and Liz Parkhurst (short stories)
        CROSSING TO SAFETY by Wallace Stegner
        CHARMS FOR THE EASY LIFE by Kaye Gibbons

and some really nice poetry:  THE OPEN BOAT: POEMS FROM ASIAN AMERICA
edited by Garrett Hongo
                              IN OTHER WORDS by May Swenson

I'll be looking forward to hearing what others of us are reading and
looking for good ideas.

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