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Nothing Like An Ocean

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Jim Tomlinson

 

  Tomlinson' stakes a literary claim that is not only geographic but also emotional.

                                                               ~ Booklist   

With a vast scope including wars in Vietnam and Iraq, car dealers and high school teachers, this book never waivers from its strong embrace of humanity.    

   ~ Chris Offutt, author of Kentucky Straight         

  With his flawless ear for speech and great compassion and wisdom regarding measures of the human heart, Tomlinson drops us right into lives and situations that mesmerize and stun each and every time. Another fine collection from this very gifted writer.

 

~ Jill McCorkle, author of Creatures of Habit: Stories         

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Nothing Like An Ocean

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In 2006, Tomlinson's Things Kept, Things Left Behind won the prestigious Iowa Short Fiction Award. Kirkus Reviews called the book "a wonderful collection notable for its clean prose and tone of quiet, stubborn dignity" in its starred review.  

Now Tomlinson is back with a new book of short stories set in his fictional Spivey, Kentucky. The collection is published, appropriately, by the University Press of Kentucky as the latest addition to their renowned Kentucky Voices Series.

 

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 Last updated 04/22/2010

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Jim Tomlinson has been awarded an Al Smith Fellowship in recognition of artistic excellence for professional artists in Kentucky through the Kentucky Arts council, a state agency in the Commerce Cabinet, supported by state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

 

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