One Dog Barked, The Other Howled: A Meditation on Several Lives of a Minor American Writer

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This is the story of a man who left instructions that the word WRITERin capital lettersshould be carved into the centre of his tombstone.

Philip F Deavers writing won Americas Flannery OConnor and O. Henry awards. For 20 years, he was the writer-in-residence and creative writing professor at Floridas prestigious Rollins College, until frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) robbed him of his ability to write or speak.

This books subtitle, acknowledging Philip Deaver as a minor American writer, is not pejorative. Although he was not a household name, and his list of published works was not long, his written words were invariably of a high standard. And coupled with his outstanding work was the recognition by all who knew him that, as a human being of intelligence, compassion, and wit, there was nothing minor about him.

* Philip Deavers stories were full of blurred time and half-lived dreams. Written in vivid, spare prose, the best of these stories linger, sad and profound, like songs you sing to yourself The New York Times Book Review.

* Philip Deavers stories were [p]ermeated with finely crafted writing, making for a wise, quietly provocative statement about commonplace tragedy and the ironies and fragility of relationships Publishers Weekly.

* Philip Deaver was a writer unparalleled in his examination of the lost souls longing to be found. In prose that is quietly lyric, and sharp with truth, his stories are kinetic with heartbreak and magic. His work is a triumph, and I would follow it anywhere Laura Van Den Berg, author of Find Me, The Isle of Youth, and other works.

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Jeshel Forrester lives in a cabin on the eastern bank of Lake Rotoiti in New Zealand's North Island. His musical compositions and recordings include six albums of folk/bluegrass music, and he is the author of four novels, a book of poetry, a previous memoir, and numerous short stories. He lived and worked for many years on Indian reservations in the American West and represented numerous Aboriginal clients in Australia. His music is available at https://jeshelforrester.bandcamp.com and at https://garyforrester.bandcamp.com/album/houseboating-in-the-ozarks.