Silas House





Silas House

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Silas House is an American writer best known for his novels. He is also a music journalist, environmental activist, and columnist. He lives in Eastern Kentucky, where he was born and raised.

House's fiction is known for its attention to the natural world, working class characters, and the plight of the rural place and rural people. He is also a music journalist, environmental activist and columnist. House has written features or press kits on such artists as Kris Kristofferson, LeAnn Womack, Lucinda Williams, Nickel Creek, Kelly Willis, Buddy Miller, Darrell Scott, Delbert McClinton, Tim O'Brien, Scott Miller, and many more.

In 2000, House was chosen, along with since-published authors Pamela Duncan, Jeanne Braselton and Jack Riggs, as one o...more


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There are lots of films from this year that I haven't seen yet--The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and Take Shelter, for two--but I did see quite a few, and here are my picks.
1. The Tree of Life. This is a love it or hate it movie. I loved it. I was sometimes frustrated by Sean Penn stumbling about the city, looking up at the sky for unknown reasons, but everything else in it--even the dinosaur sc... read more »
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Average rating: 4.05 · 2,952 ratings · 490 reviews · 14 distinct works
Clay's Quilt
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 846 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions
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A Parchment of Leaves
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 770 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions
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The Coal Tattoo: A Novel
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 561 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions
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Eli the Good
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 448 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions
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Same Sun Here
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Something's Rising: Appalac...
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The Hurting Part: Evolution...
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Same Sun Here [With Earbuds]
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Chinaberry
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“Sometimes just being still is the best thing you can do for yourself.”
Silas House, Eli the Good

“I had always found comfort in the leaves, in their silence. They were like a parchment that holds words of wisdom. Simply holding them in my hand gave me some of the peace a tree possesses. To be like that-to just be-that's the most noble thing of all.”
Silas House, A Parchment of Leaves

“I've never understood why people run to get out of the rain in the summertime... People will drive miles and miles to go jump in a cool swimming hole, but when it rains, they scatter.”
Silas House, Eli the Good

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