On the fiction shelves at Madison Central
Photo by Retiring Guy
Stephen Dixon, Prolific Writer of Experimental Fiction, Dies at 83. (The New York Times, 11/10/21019)
Mr. Dixon produced fiction at a daunting clip. Working on a portable typewriter, he published 18 novels and about 600 stories. His final story — about a man who was 80, like him, and who had a cat like his cat — was published in Heavy Feather Review last month, while he was in hospice.
He never found fame or big sales, but his idiosyncratic storytelling drew praise.
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2019
Ernest J. Gaines. (11/8/2019)
Kate Braverman. (10/28/2019)
Sol Stein. (9/30/2019)
Anne Rivers Siddons. (9/19/2019)
Paule Marshall. (8/27/2019)
Based on the number of LINKcat holds, "Beloved" is the most popular novel by Toni Morrison. (8/12/2019)
GET ME REWRITE: Most books by Martin Mayer purchased by LINKcat public libraries have been weeded. (8/3/2019)
Keeping tabs on Wright Morris in LINKcat. (7/25/2019)
No room for Judith Krantz's tales of sex and shopping on the shelves of the Middleton Public Library. (6/27/2019)
Nearly forgotten "sociological megahits" of 1970. (6/18/2019)
Anthony Price, author of Cold War spy thrillers that few people read anymore, dies at 90. (6/17/2019)
Herman Wouk, author of many fat books, dies at 103. (5/20/2019)
Warren Adler: Forgotten author who now takes up minuscule library shelf space dies at 91. (4/23/2019)
Dan Jenkins, author of nearly forgotten classic sports novel, dies at 90. (3/10/2019)
2018
Nearly forgotten "sociological megahits" of 1970 Neal Thompson on parenting books. (6/17/2018)
LINKcat libraries provide little shelf space for titles by 'rule-breaking cookbook author' Barbara Kafka. (6/8/2018)
Weeding or historical sanitization at LINKcat libraries? (6/2/2018)
2017
The "spy' books by Aline Countess of Romanones haven't traveled well. (12/17/2017)
Minimal shelf space devoted to Kit Reed's books in LINKcat public libraries. (10/1/2017)
Carol J. Adams shares feminist classics from her personal library. (9/8/2017)
2016
The distant dirty dozen literary career of E. M. Nathanson. (4/10/2016)
2015
Gunter Grass (1927-2015). (4/15/2015)
2014
Thomas Berger (1924-2014). (7/23/2014)
Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014) (4/8/2014)
2013
Barbara Branden's shelf sitter. (12/26/2013)
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