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#PoetryMatters Day 16: #Truth - by a Poetry Friday friend. 💕

#NewYearNewBooks Day 24: #ByAuthorYourAge - anything to capture an affinity with Reese Witherspoon - and yes, I did find tagged book at Parnassus bookstore in Nashville back in 2019. 💕💕💕

I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!). Feel free to join in!

#ABookADay2023

LOVED this book and didn‘t want it to end!

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I found out that I have map.dot.fingerprint dystrophy, and with my eyes going blurry most days, it took me a while to read this book, with the tiny print, but I did it and this book was fabulous

The most beautiful description of dusk I‘ve read in a while…Fred Chappell was a poet, first and foremost.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Bragg is one of my favorite writers. He creates images of the south that remind me so much of my precious Memaw and stories from the older generations. And good ol‘ southern metaphors are always comforting. Here, Bragg pieces together stories about the maternal grandfather he never knew. Audio is a must! These anecdotes are meant for his drawl and cadence.

Ellen Gilchrist makes me want to write. Her characters can be such terrible, realistic people. Partly, it's because this book is from the 80s and most of Gilchrist's work that I've read is from the 80s. But, she presents these people without judgment. They judge each other often enough, but the narration is neutral. She's such a skillful, observant writer.

This was my April #bookspin. @TheAromaofBooks

I love these books by Rick Bragg. My dad‘s family is from Arkansas and the stories I‘ve been told could fit inside his books. Also love All Over but the Shoutin‘ and Ava‘s Man.

#AlphabetGame

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