Chris Crutcher
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born
July 07, 1946
gender
male
place of birth
Dayton, Ohio, The United States
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Literature & Fiction
about this author
Chris Crutcher's writing is controversial, and has been frequently challenged and even banned by individuals who want to censor his books by removing them from libraries and classrooms. Running Loose and Athletic Shorts were on the ALA's top 100 list of most frequently challenged books for 1990-2000. His books generally feature teens coping with serious problems, including abusive parents, racial and religious prejudice, mental and physical disability, and poverty; these themes are viewed as too mature for children. Other cited reasons for censorship include strong language and depictions of homosexuality. Despite this controversy, Crutcher's writing has received many awards.
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Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes (Paperback) by Chris Crutcher (Goodreads author!) avg rating 4.13 — 711 ratings — published 2003 13 editions |
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Whale Talk (Mass Market Paperback) by Chris Crutcher (Goodreads author!) avg rating 4.11 — 532 ratings — published 2002 9 editions |
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Deadline (Hardcover) by Chris Crutcher (Goodreads author!) avg rating 4.08 — 451 ratings — published 2007 3 editions |
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Ironman (Paperback) by Chris Crutcher (Goodreads author!) avg rating 4.00 — 217 ratings — published 2004 5 editions |
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Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories (Paperback) by Chris Crutcher (Goodreads author!) avg rating 3.83 — 197 ratings — published 1999 7 editions |
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King of the Mild Frontier: An Ill-Advised Autobiography (Paperback) by Chris Crutcher (Goodreads author!) avg rating 4.32 — 165 ratings — published 2004 5 editions |
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The Sledding Hill (Paperback) by Chris Crutcher (Goodreads author!) avg rating 3.72 — 186 ratings — published 2006 2 editions |
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Stotan! (Paperback) by Chris Crutcher (Goodreads author!) avg rating 3.97 — 152 ratings — published 2003 4 editions |
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Chinese Handcuffs (Paperback) by Chris Crutcher (Goodreads author!) avg rating 3.98 — 149 ratings — published 2004 5 editions |
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Running Loose (Paperback) by Chris Crutcher (Goodreads author!) avg rating 3.90 — 103 ratings — published 2003 3 editions |
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The Color Purple (Paperback) by Alice Walker |
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White Oleander: A Novel (Mass Market Paperback) by Janet Fitch |
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My Losing Season (Paperback) by Pat Conroy |
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quotes by Chris Crutcher
"...racist thought and action says far more about the person they come from than the person they are directed at."
— Chris Crutcher (Whale Talk)
— Chris Crutcher (Whale Talk)
""Love, in the universal sense, is unconditional acceptance. In the individual sense, the one-on-one sense, try this: we can say we love each other if my life is better because you're in it and your life is better because I'm in it. The intensity of the love is weighted by how much better.""
— Chris Crutcher (Deadline)
— Chris Crutcher (Deadline)
" So you didn’t tell me it was a messed-up idea to keep this all a secret because. . .”
“Because experience is the only teacher,” Hey-Soos says. “Even if I could have told you, it would have been a lecture. Why do you think kids don’t listen to their parents, or people don’t leave churches and do what the preacher tells them? There’s only one thing that’s universal.”
“What’s that?”
“The truth.”"
— Chris Crutcher (Deadline)
“Because experience is the only teacher,” Hey-Soos says. “Even if I could have told you, it would have been a lecture. Why do you think kids don’t listen to their parents, or people don’t leave churches and do what the preacher tells them? There’s only one thing that’s universal.”
“What’s that?”
“The truth.”"
— Chris Crutcher (Deadline)
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| Room 110, Period 3: What writers do: Imagery | 26 | 29 | 10/13/2008 02:17PM | |
| Room 110, Period 6: Vocabulary | 29 | 28 | 28 days ago, 12:31PM | |
| Room 110, Period 1: Comment on your book, #1 | 23 | 24 | 7 days ago, 09:04AM |
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