Carolyn Chute





Carolyn Chute

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born
June 14, 1947 in Portland, Maine, The United States

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Chute's first, and best known, novel, The Beans of Egypt, Maine, was published in 1985 and made into a 1994 film of the same name, directed by Jennifer Warren. Chute's next two books, Letourneau's Used Auto Parts (1988) and Merry Men (1994), are also set in the town of Egypt, Maine.

Chute also speaks out publicly about class issues in America and publishes "The Fringe," a monthly collection of in-depth political journalism, short stories, and intellectual commentary on current events. She once ran a satiric campaign for governor of Maine.

Her job career has included waitress, chicken factory worker, hospital floor scrubber, shoe factory worker, potato farm worker, tutor, canvasser, teacher, social worker, and school bus driver, 1970s-1980s; p...more


Average rating: 3.53 · 2,033 ratings · 291 reviews · 10 distinct works
Beans of Egypt, Maine
3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 1,192 ratings — published 1985 — 17 editions
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Letourneau's Used Auto Parts
3.47 of 5 stars 3.47 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 1988 — 10 editions
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The School on Heart's Conte...
3.03 of 5 stars 3.03 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 2008 — 10 editions
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Merry Men
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2001
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More books by Carolyn Chute…
Beans of Egypt, Maine Letourneau's Used Auto Parts Merry Men
Egypt, Maine (3 books)
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“I feel like a lot of time my writing is like having about twenty boxes of Christmas decorations. But no tree. You're going, Where do I put this? Then they go, Okay, you can have a tree, but we'll blindfold you and you gotta cut it down with a spoon.”
Carolyn Chute

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