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Clay Carmichael

goodreads author profile

gender

female

place of birth

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, The United States

website

http://www.claycarmichael.com

genre

Children's Books

member since

January 2008

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Because I can't always remember titles or I forget to email when people are kind enough to ask "What are you reading?"

Below are a few I've recently liked--or loved--some new, some not.

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Clay Carmichael's Blog: Clay's Occasional

Sherman Alexie: "Books Saved My Life"

In this interview with Edward Champion, Sherman Alexie elegantly and powerfully clarifies his remarks on Amazon's Kindle.

"Books saved my life, Edward. I rose out of poverty and incredible social dysfunction because of books."

Read the complete interview here:

http://www.edrants.com/sherman-alexie-cl...

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books by Clay Carmichael

avg rating: 4.45 | 29 ratings | 16 reviews | 4 distinct works | 2 fans

	Wild Things by Clay Carmichael (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.32 — 22 ratings — published 2009	my rating:
	Bear at the Beach (North-South Paperback) by Clay Carmichael (Goodreads author) avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published 1996 3 editions	my rating:
	Used-Up Bear by Clay Carmichael (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.67 — 3 ratings — published 1998 4 editions	my rating:
	Lonesome Bear by Clay Carmichael (Goodreads author) avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2001 3 editions	my rating:

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upcoming events

Wild Things Reading
Author appearance, July 31, 2009 03:00PM
Malaprops Bookstore/Cafe, 55 Haywood Street, Asheville, NC, The United States
http://www.malaprops.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp?s=storeevents&eventId=4...
Clay Carmichael will read from and talk about her new novel "Wild Things"...more

Haywood County Book Mania, 9 am - 5 pm
Author appearance, August 01, 2009 09:00AM
Haywood County Book Mania, 9 am - 5 pm, Waynesville, NC, 305 North Main Street, Waynesville, NC, The United States
http://www.osondubooksellers.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=fro...
Clay Carmichael will sign copies of her new novel "Wild Things".

Clay is currently reading

	06/26 Clay is currently reading: Funny How Things Change (Hardcover) by Melissa Wyatt bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	06/26 Clay is currently reading: Also Known As Harper (Hardcover) by Ann Haywood Leal (Goodreads author) bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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July 05

Clay added:
Story of a Girl (Hardcover)
by Sara Zarr (Goodreads author)

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June 30

Clay gave

to:
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Hardcover)
by Grace Lin

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recommended to Clay by: Debbie
read in June, 2009

Clay said: "This book wonderfully knits Chinese folk tales and fantasy to tell the story of clever, valiant Minli, whose entertaining quest to the moon with a flightless dragon, changes her family's fortune in touching and surprising ways. Recommended. "

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Clay made a comment on Elaine's review of Savvy

Clay wrote: ""I think the strong reviews and comments from other readers left me expecting much more from this bo...more "

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June 29

Clay made a comment on Deborah's review of The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom

Clay wrote: "I'm so happy to find a fellow poetry lover. I enjoyed this book as well. "

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June 28

Clay said "yes" to attending the event: Haywood County Book Mania, 9 am - 5 pm.
date: August 01, 2009 09:00AM
location: Haywood County Book Mania, 9 am - 5 pm, Waynesville, NC, 305 North Main Street, Waynesville, NC, The United States
description: Clay Carmichael will sign copies of her new novel "Wild Things".

June 26

Clay gave

to:
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (Hardcover)
by Phillip Hoose

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read in June, 2009

Clay said: "Our friend and community organizer Diane Robertson once brought Dr. John Hope Franklin into our yard to see my husband Mike's sculpture. What an honor. I felt so pleased and so privileged to have shaken his hand and the world is less with him gone. I...more "

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Clay made a comment on Clay's review of Creature of the Night

Clay wrote: "I just don't know what to tell you, Lou. You'll just have to try it and see. It's a visceral book an...more "

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Clay is currently reading:
Funny How Things Change (Hardcover)
by Melissa Wyatt

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Clay is currently reading:
Also Known As Harper (Hardcover)
by Ann Haywood Leal (Goodreads author)

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June 25

Clay gave

to:
Creature of the Night (Hardcover)
by Kate Thompson

my rating:

read in June, 2009

Clay said: "COTN really tunnels deep into the dark places of human nature. 15YO Bobby is a first-class Dublin hooligan--mean, unrepentant, selfish & hard to like. Hoping he'll reform, his mother, who's hardly better, takes him and his little brother Dennis to a ...more "

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