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Steve Yarbrough

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August 29, 1956 in Indianola, Mississippi, The United States

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Literature & Fiction

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Born in Indianola, Mississippi, he received his B.A. and M.A. in English from the University of Mississippi and his M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Arkansas. Writing largely within the Southern tradition, he draws his themes and characters from Southern history and mores in ways that have been compared to Flannery O'Connor, William Faulkner, and Willie Morris.

Yarbrough's major works include the novels The End of California (2006), Prisoners of War (2004), Visible Spirits (2001) and The Oxygen Man (1999), as well as short story collections such as Family Men (1990), Mississippi History (1994) and Veneer (1998). His latest novel, Safe from the Neighbors, was published by Knopf in 2010.

His honors include the Mississippi Autho...more

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Books by Steve Yarbrough

Average rating: 3.71 · 411 ratings · 65 reviews · 10 distinct works

	Safe from the Neighbors 3.59 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The End of California 3.56 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Oxygen Man 3.86 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Prisoners of War 3.90 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Visible Spirits: A Novel 4.00 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Family Men: Stories 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1990	My rating:
	Veneer: Stories 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1998	My rating:
	Mississippi History: Stories 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1994	My rating:
	Don't Quit Your Day Job: Acclaimed Authors and the Day Jobs they Quit by Winston Groom, Howard Bahr, Brad Watson, Howard Bahr, Brad Watson 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	On the Way Home: Twelve Stories From the Mississippi Delta by Carolyn Elkins, Steve Yarbrough 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1996	My rating:

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“It's a lot easier to say when something ended rather than when it began. Most of us can recognize the end from a mile away, but the beginning always slips up on us, lulling us into thinking what we're living through is yet another moment, in yet another day.”
― Steve Yarbrough, Safe from the Neighbors

tags: beginnings , endings , moments

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“Every place is different, but every place is the same, because you carry yourself with you wherever you go.”
― Steve Yarbrough

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