Kirk Curnutt
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born
November 15, 1964
gender
male
place of birth
Lincoln NE; currently living in Montgomery AL, The United States
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Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs
member since
December 2007
about this author
Kirk Curnutt is the author of eleven volumes of fiction and literary criticism, two of them forthcoming in 2009. His first novel, Breathing Out the Ghost, won the 2008 Best Books of Indiana competition in the fiction category. It also won a bronze IPPY and was a Foreword Magazine Book of the Year finalist. His second novel, Dixie Noir, is forthcoming in November 2009. Other recent works include the forthcoming Key West Hemingway, co-edited with Gail D. Sinclair (UP of Florida), The Cambridge Introduction to F. Scott Fitzgerald, the fictional dialogue with Ernest Hemingway Coffee with Hemingway (with a preface by John Updike), and the short-story collection Baby, Let’s Make a Baby, Plus Ten More Stories. The recipient of a 2007-08 Alabama ...more
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Breathing Out the Ghost by Kirk Curnutt (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.88 — 32 ratings — published 2007 |
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Coffee with Hemingway (Coffee with...Series) by Kirk Curnutt (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.11 — 9 ratings — published 2007 2 editions |
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Baby, Let's Make a Baby: Plus Ten More Stories by Kirk Curnutt (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.25 — 8 ratings — published 2003 |
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The Cambridge Introduction to F. Scott Fitzgerald by Kirk Curnutt (Goodreads author) avg rating 5.00 — 3 ratings — published 2007 2 editions |
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The Critical Response to Gertrude Stein: by Kirk Curnutt (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.67 — 3 ratings — published 2000 |
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A Historical Guide to F. Scott Fitzgerald by Kirk Curnutt (Goodreads author) avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published 2004 2 editions |
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Literary Topics: Ernest Hemingway and the Expatriate Modernist Movement (Literary Topics Series) by Kirk Curnutt (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published 2000 |
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Dixie Noir by Kirk Curnutt (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 2009 |
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The Heath Anthology of American Literature: Modern Period (1910–1945), Volume D by Kirk Curnutt (Goodreads author), Paul Lauter, John Alberti, Richard Yarborough, Jackson Bryer avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings |
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Key West Hemingway: A Reassessment by Kirk Curnutt (Goodreads author), Gail D. Sinclair avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009 |
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Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling (Literature & Fiction)
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Part 1 of a new piece. A prequel of sorts to BREATHING OUT THE GHOST
Other Men's Children (Literature & Fiction)
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This story is newly published. I like the illustration they chose. It will give me sweet dreams.
Indie Bookstores (Reference)
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Lame title, I know. I was invited this week to write a post for a wonderful book-review blog about my favorite indie bookstores. I invite everybody who has a favorite to write something, as well as buy a book or two from them. Consider it our literary stimulus package.
"The Greater Mercies of Intimacy" (Literature & Fiction)
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Short short story
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How Fiction Works (Hardcover) by James Wood bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned: Stories (Hardcover) by Wells Tower bookshelves: currently-reading |
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review of In Search of Lost Time, Volume V: The Captive & The Fugitive (Modern Library Classics):
"1. Amanda, you're the meaning in my life, you're the inspiration. 2. Amelia, I don't think I would care to live without you in the world. 3. Ani, you smell like puppies and sandalwood. 4. Ben Harrison, you've turned us all into cougar...more " | |||
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"When I was a newspaper carrier as a young boy, yet unspoiled by the awareness of my own futility, I had to go door-to-door to a hundred or so houses every month to collect the subscription payments. Of course, some of the people would hide (as if I d...more " | |||
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"Once again, Jessica Treat has assembled a fine collection of short stories. When I read her previous collection, Not a Chance, it was the female characters that struck me the most. They all seemed to be searching for something. The choices they ma...more " | |||
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Twilight (Twilight, #1)
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"Somewhere along the line I began compiling myself from the excerpts of better men."
— Kirk Curnutt (Breathing Out the Ghost)
— Kirk Curnutt (Breathing Out the Ghost)
"My worst kiss could have been an outtake from Species. I think she thought my epiglottis was a punching bag."
— Kirk Curnutt
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"But I have a new love for that glittering instrument, the human soul. It is a lovely and unique thing in the universe. It is always attacked and never destroyed - because 'Thou mayest.'"
— John Steinbeck (East of Eden)
— John Steinbeck (East of Eden)
"If you are too careful, you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something."
— Gertrude Stein
— Gertrude Stein
"Agonies are one of my changes of garments."
— Walt Whitman (Leaves of Grass: The First (1855) Edition)
— Walt Whitman (Leaves of Grass: The First (1855) Edition)
"Said Red Molly to James that's a fine motorbike
A girl could feel special on any such like
Said James to Red Molly, my hat's off to you
It's a Vincent Black Lightning, 1952
And I've seen you at the corners and cafes it seems
Red hair and black leather, my favourite colour scheme
And he pulled her on behind
And down to Boxhill they did ride
Said James to Red Molly, here's a ring for your right hand
But I'll tell you in earnest I'm a dangerous man
I've fought with the law since I was seventeen
I robbed many a man to get my Vincent machine
Now I'm 21 years, I might make 22
And I don't mind dying, but for the love of you
And if fate should break my stride
Then I'll give you my Vincent to ride
Come down, come down, Red Molly, called Sergeant McRae
For they've taken young James Adie for armed robbery
Shotgun blast hit his chest, left nothing inside
Oh, come down, Red Molly to his dying bedside
When she came to the hospital, there wasn't much left
He was running out of road, he was running out of breath
But he smiled to see her cry
And said I'll give you my Vincent to ride
Says James, in my opinion, there's nothing in this world
Beats a 52 Vincent and a red headed girl
Now Nortons and Indians and Greeveses won't do
They don't have a soul like a Vincent 52
He reached for her hand and he slipped her the keys
He said I've got no further use for these
I see angels on Ariels in leather and chrome
Swooping down from heaven to carry me home
And he gave her one last kiss and died
And he gave her his Vincent to ride"
— Richard Thompson
A girl could feel special on any such like
Said James to Red Molly, my hat's off to you
It's a Vincent Black Lightning, 1952
And I've seen you at the corners and cafes it seems
Red hair and black leather, my favourite colour scheme
And he pulled her on behind
And down to Boxhill they did ride
Said James to Red Molly, here's a ring for your right hand
But I'll tell you in earnest I'm a dangerous man
I've fought with the law since I was seventeen
I robbed many a man to get my Vincent machine
Now I'm 21 years, I might make 22
And I don't mind dying, but for the love of you
And if fate should break my stride
Then I'll give you my Vincent to ride
Come down, come down, Red Molly, called Sergeant McRae
For they've taken young James Adie for armed robbery
Shotgun blast hit his chest, left nothing inside
Oh, come down, Red Molly to his dying bedside
When she came to the hospital, there wasn't much left
He was running out of road, he was running out of breath
But he smiled to see her cry
And said I'll give you my Vincent to ride
Says James, in my opinion, there's nothing in this world
Beats a 52 Vincent and a red headed girl
Now Nortons and Indians and Greeveses won't do
They don't have a soul like a Vincent 52
He reached for her hand and he slipped her the keys
He said I've got no further use for these
I see angels on Ariels in leather and chrome
Swooping down from heaven to carry me home
And he gave her one last kiss and died
And he gave her his Vincent to ride"
— Richard Thompson
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I just squeezed fresh orange juice and then I saw your comment and I was like, "WAIT! How did he KNOW?!" Oh.Thanks!
I'm great. Peachy. Swell. I've been on a retro movie kick lately. They seem to keep me from falling into the "you're working too much" spell. Your avs and Bellsy's are always good for a laugh or a smile.
I'd love to read all your books, actually. How might I procure them?
Ok, I don’t know who you are or how you end up on my friend list… but still that picture is hot!!! Mad cute!
Kirk, I can't believe you don't remember me! We bonded over kiddie groups and chat speak over in Mini Am!
shit. i have to steal another avatar! This one is the new background on the computer... I'm thinking Greg will laugh his ass off!
Where do you find those pictures? That must be hot water pouring out of those taps. Fried the top half of those ladies right off!
I'm mesmerized like a cat stalking a fly.Imagine the hits I'd get if I could make her wiggle.
Oh that's terrible.
Ok, there has to be a group for those who are addicted to looking up your avatar. I swear I check it daily just to see what else is new.-Tara
Kirkstie.. I searched high and low for a video to say 'Happy Father's Day' but alas... I just need to say that you're extraordinary
Have a great day!
LOL, I'm going to swing by your profile every day just for a laugh. Your avatars are endless fun. Especially yesterdays.
Quite the angle on that photo, Kirk. I don't think I'd want to lie on the bathroom floor under that guy, even with a camera. :)
