Jim Dodge

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March 08, 1945 in Santa Rosa, California, The United States

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male

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Literature & Fiction, Poetry

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Jim Dodge is an American novelist and poet whose works combine themes of folklore and fantasy, set in a timeless present. He has published three novels, Fup, Not Fade Away and Stone Junction and a collection of poetry and prose, Rain on the River. Dodge was born in 1945 and grew up as an Air Force brat. As an adult he spent many years living on an almost self-sufficient commune in West Sonoma County, California. He has had many jobs including apple picker, a carpet layer, a teacher, a professional gambler, a shepherd, a woodcutter and an environmental restorer. He received his Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing/Poetry from the University of Iowa Writers Workshop in 1969. He has been the director of the Creative Writing program in the E...more

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Average rating: 4.08 · 1,651 ratings · 214 reviews · 9 distinct works

	Fup 4.01 avg rating — 693 ratings — published 1983 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Stone Junction by Jim Dodge, Thomas Pynchon (Introduction) 4.16 avg rating — 558 ratings — published 1990 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Not Fade Away 3.91 avg rating — 199 ratings — published 1987 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Rain on the River: Selected Poems and Short Prose 4.03 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Baking with Jim Dodge by Jim Dodge, Elaine Ratner, Chris Shorten (Photographer) 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1991	My rating:
	L'oiseau Canadeche 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1985	My rating:
	Skullfarm Raindance 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006	My rating:
	The American Baker: Exquisite Desserts From The Pastry Chef Of The Stanford Court 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	The Gary Snyder Reader: Prose, Poetry, and Translations by Gary Snyder, Jim Dodge (Introduction) 4.39 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 2000	My rating:

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“He wasn't the least bit disturbed that his intuition was wrong: intuition often missed, sometimes spectacularly, but when it connected it saved so much time that the spirit leaped forward ... and, of course, there was no use denying the basic human delight in being right the first time.”
― Jim Dodge, Fup

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“...I don't rightly know. It just ain't possible to explain some things, maybe even most things. It's interesting to wonder on them and do some speculation, but the main thing is you have to accept it - take it for what it is, and get on with your getting." (91)”
― Jim Dodge, Fup

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“After lunch Tiny returned to his fence work while Granddaddy and Fup repaired to the porch to sip a little Death Whisper, be still, and generally consider the drift of things. (55)”
― Jim Dodge, Fup

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