Larry Brown (1951-2004) was unique among writers who started
their careers in the late twentieth century. Unlike most of
them-his friends Clyde Edgerton, Jill McCorkle, Rick Bass, Kaye
Gibbons, among others-he was neither a product of a writing
program, nor did he teach at one. In fact, he did not even attend
college. His innate talent, his immersion in the life of north
Mississippi, and his determination led him to national success.
Drawing on excerpts from numerous letters and material from
interviews with family members and friends, "Larry Brown: A
Writer's Life" is the first biography of a landmark southern
writer.
Jean W. Cash explores the cultural milieu of Oxford,
Mississippi, and the writers who influenced Brown, including
William Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, Harry Crews, and Cormac
McCarthy. She covers Brown's history in Mississippi, the troubled
family in which he grew up, and his boyhood in Tula and Yocona,
Mississippi, and in Memphis, Tennessee. She relates stories from
Brown's time in the Marines, his early married life-which included
sixteen years as an Oxford fireman-and what he called his
"apprenticeship" period, the eight years during which he was
teaching himself to write publishable fiction.
The book examines Brown's years as a writer: the stories and
novels he wrote, his struggles to acclimate himself to the fame his
writing brought him, and his many trips outside Yocona, where he
spent the last thirty years of his life. The book concludes with a
discussion of his posthumous fame, including the publication of "A
Miracle of Catfish," the novel he had nearly completed just before
his death. Brown's cadre of fans will relish this comprehensive
portrait of the man and his work.
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