Jim Dodge
Jim Dodge | |
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| Born | 1945 Santa Rosa, California |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Nationality | United States |
| Period | 1983 - present |
| Genre | American literature |
Jim Dodge is an American novelist whose works combine themes of folklore, fantasy and liberal values, set in a timeless present before the coming of the digital age. At present he directs the Creative Writing program in the English Department at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California.
Books
Fup (1983)
A story about a duck, named Fup, who lives on a farm with an old man who believes he is immortal due to the homemade whiskey he drinks. The recipe for the whiskey, also known as "Old Death Whisper," was bestowed upon him by a dying Indian. The book ends with a strange scene where Fup is accidentally shot to pieces but reemerges from the belly a now-also-dead wild boar, and flies off into the white light.
Not Fade Away (1987)
Stone Junction (1990)
This is the story of the boy Daniel Pearse's journey from childhood to adulthood amid magic, mayhem and mysticism all guided by a mysterious organisation named AMO, the Alliance of Magicians and Outlaws. A series of apprenticeships teaches Daniel meditation, safecracking, poker and the art of becoming invisible.
Rain on the River (2002)
Rain on the River is a volume of selected poems and prose 1970-2001 published in 2002 by Canongate, an Edinburgh based publisher.
External links
- http://www.canongate.net/JimDodge Info on Jim Dodge and his books at his British publishers
- http://www.oriononline.org/pages/os/osevents/fireandgrit/fgdodge.html Information about Jim Dodge's early life
- http://www.writersontheedge.org/dodge.html Writing Community info on Jim Dodge