Larry Brown (1) (1951–2004)

Author of Fay

For other authors named Larry Brown, see the disambiguation page.

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About the Author

Larry Brown is the author of eight books, including Fay, Father and Son, and the memoir On Fire. He received the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Literature and the Southern Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction in 1992 and 1997. He received the University of North Carolina's show more second Thomas Wolfe Prize and Lectureship. He lives near Oxford, Mississippi show less

Works by Larry Brown

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Fay (2000) 478 copies, 14 reviews

Joe (1991) 469 copies, 22 reviews

Father and Son (1996) — Author — 459 copies, 15 reviews

Dirty Work (1989) — Author — 386 copies, 12 reviews

Big Bad Love (1990) 336 copies, 10 reviews

The Rabbit Factory (2003) 272 copies, 7 reviews

Facing the Music (1988) 207 copies, 7 reviews

On Fire: A Personal Account of Life and Death and Choices (1994) 181 copies, 4 reviews

A Miracle of Catfish: A Novel in Progress (2007) 157 copies, 6 reviews

Billy Ray's Farm: Essays from a Place Called Tula (2001) — Author — 117 copies, 2 reviews

Tiny Love: The Complete Stories (2019) 78 copies, 21 reviews

92 Days {story} (2003) — Author — 12 copies

A Late Start. (1989) 2 copies

Kubuku Rides (This Is It) {story} 1 copy

Billy Ray's Farm [Advance Excerpt] (2001) 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Best American Short Stories 1989 (1989) — Contributor — 193 copies, 1 review

The Christ-Haunted Landscape: Faith and Doubt in Southern Fiction (1994) — Contributor — 94 copies

Best of The Oxford American: Ten Years from the Southern Magazine of Good Writing {anthology} (2002) — Contributor — 43 copies

Don't Quit Your Day Job: Acclaimed Authors and the Day Jobs They Quit (2010) — Contributor — 41 copies

The Other Side of Heaven: Post-War Fiction by Vietnamese and American Writers (1995) — Contributor — 41 copies

Southern Dogs and Their People (2000) — Contributor — 40 copies

New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 1991 (1991) — Contributor — 34 copies

New Stories from the South 2002: The Year's Best (2002) — Preface — 31 copies

Stories from the Blue Moon Café II (2003) — Contributor — 31 copies

Christmas in the South: Holiday Stories from the South's Best Writers (2004) — Contributor — 27 copies, 1 review

The New Great American Writers' Cookbook (2003) — Contributor — 22 copies, 1 review

New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 1992 (1992) — Contributor — 22 copies

New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 1990 (1990) — Contributor — 18 copies

The Best Small Fictions 2017 (2017) — Contributor — 17 copies, 1 review

New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 1989 (1989) — Contributor — 16 copies

A Portrait of Southern Writers: Photographs (2000) — Contributor — 14 copies

Fire Fighters: Stories of Survival from the Front Lines of Firefighting (2002) — Contributor — 14 copies

Mississippi Writers: An Anthology (1991) — Contributor — 14 copies

New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 1988 (1988) — Contributor — 8 copies

Big Bad Love: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack (2002) — Contributor — 3 copies, 1 review

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Birthdate: 1951-07-09
Date of death: 2004-11-24
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Oxford, Mississippi, USA
Place of death: Oxford, Mississippi, USA
Places of residence: Oxford, Mississippi, USA
Occupations: writer
firefighter
Organizations: Fellowship of Southern Writers
US Marine Corps
Awards and honors: Southern Book Award for Fiction
Lila Wallace-Readers Digest Award
Governor's Award For Excellence in the Arts
Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters award for fiction

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Reviews

Tiny Love: The Complete Stories by Larry Brown

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Cool book

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DKnight0918 | 20 other reviews | Oct 28, 2024 |

Dirty Work by Larry Brown

This book is a Vietnam-war related book as it is about Vietnam war veterans. It is really a character-study as there is really not much action in the book. There is a lot of narrative and it may be difficult at times to determine who is narrated a particular chapter. However, it is well worth the read for anyone with an interest in Vietnam war literature.

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