Greenland Township, Michigan: On the same acres where farmers once displaced Potawatomi Indians, suburban developers now supplant farmers and prefab...
The stories in this prizewinning debut collection encompass train wrecks, circus acts, river journeys, transspecies transmogrification, and growing up...
..."American Salvage," by Bonnie Jo Campbell, is one of Gilmore's favorite redneck noir novels. When you search for books online, either to purchase or simply to research an author, you inevitably run into...
...have been published in the series. Fourteen have won awards, including the short story collection American Salvage by Bonnie Jo Campbell, which was a 2009 finalist for the National Book Award in fiction. "At Meijer our future is closely tied to the...
...Reading, conversation with author Jack Driscoll and his new book, "The World of a Few Minutes Ago" with Bonnie Jo Campbell, Jaimy Gordon When: 6:30 p.m. May 2 Where: Portage District Library, 300 Library Lane, Portage Cost: Free Contact: 269-329-4544...
...The Fall and Resurrection of America's Big Three Automakers — GM, Ford and Chrysler (William Morrow). Also, Bonnie Jo Campbell's novel "Once Upon a River" (Norton); Jack Dempsey's "Michigan and the Civil War: A Great and Bloody Sacrifice"; and "Fever:...
...Reading." Here are some excellent suggestions to read and celebrate Earth Day. Once Upon a River by Bonnie Jo Campbell; Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver; Swamplandia by Karen Russell; Winter Study by Nevada Barr; Savage Run by C.J. Box; Cape Perdido...
...Gustavo "Ask a Mexican" Arellano: Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America. Nice to see a comment from Bonnie Jo Campbell herself (!) after last week's recommendation by hipster librarian Brian the W. This week I'm sharing more recommendations from...
...West Michigan, which he calls "an entirely unromantic section of the country" and finds in the work of Bonnie Jo Campbell "a truth in her stories that comes from living in a place a very long time." Williams writes: "Been reading Campbell's Midwest...
...April Sinclair, Irvine Welsh, John Edgar Wideman, and many, many others.” This March features National Book Award nominee Bonnie Jo Campbell, John Sayles, Dagoberto Glib, Christine Sneed and others. Check it out—it could be the last. Vital to...
...This novel by Bonnie Jo Campbell tells the story of a girl?s search for love and identity. Just 16-years-old, Margo Crane is a beautiful young woman who must survive alone. Upon the death of...
...Once Upon a River, by Bonnie Jo Campbell. New York: Norton, 2011, $25.95.The young and beautiful Margo Crane lives happily with her father on the banks of southeastern Michigan’s Stark River until her...
...Once Upon a River, by Bonnie Jo Campbell. New York: Norton, 2011, $25.95. The young and beautiful Margo Crane lives happily with her father on the banks of southeastern Michigans Stark River until her uncle...
Notre Dame & Saint Mary Observer, February 14, 2012
...Literary Festival. This year, four new authors will be added to that list of distinguished names: Jaimy Gordon, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Daniel Borzutzky and Blake Butler. "The purpose of the Literary Festival is to foster literary life on campus," Arnav...
Notre Dame & Saint Mary Observer, February 14, 2012
...to do," Dutt said. The set includes poet Daniel Borzutzky, novelists Jaimy Gordon and Blake Butler, and Bonnie Jo Campbell, novelist and short story writer. Dutt said the NDLF committee selects which writers to invite by reading a variety of literary...
Notre Dame & Saint Mary Observer, February 13, 2012
...Literary Festival. This year, four new authors will be added to that list of distinguished names: Jaimy Gordon, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Daniel Borzutzky and Blake Butler. "The purpose of the Literary Festival is to foster literary life on campus," Arnav...