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Kirk Curnutt
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November 15, 1964
in Lincoln NE; currently living in Montgomery AL, The United States
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Breathing Out the Ghost
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2007
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Dixie Noir
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2009
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Coffee with Hemingway
by Kirk Curnutt (Goodreads Author), John Updike 4.00 avg rating — 22 ratings
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2007
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Baby, Let's Make a Baby: Plus Ten More Stories
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2003
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The Cambridge Introduction to F. Scott Fitzgerald
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2007
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Ocho #28
by Kirk Curnutt (Goodreads Author) , Elise Blackwell, Marlin Barton 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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A Historical Guide to F. Scott Fitzgerald
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2004
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The Critical Response to Gertrude Stein
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Tass kohvi Hemingwayga
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Clues to Murple (Literature & Fiction)
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updated Dec 08, 2010 02:02pm
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This is a new story published by Flatmancrooked about how Facebook, Wikipedia, Amazon, and even GoodReads aren't good for the nerves of either writers or spree killers. Lots of GR in-jokes!
The Day Draft Beer Came to Town (Literature & Fiction)
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updated Jul 07, 2010 04:12am
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This is a newly published story. It's very political. It's about how we are now awash in a tide of socialism that prevents us natively born in the USA people from exercising our God given right to life, puberty, and the pursuit of flabbiness. It's about how we must stand up to tyranny, lest our leaders change Independancing Day from July 4 to October just to show us they can.
JUST KIDDING! It's really about beer. And keg stands. And weed. Plus it has a Sapphic subtext. It's ... SUDSY. And with a good head to boot. Yeasty fun.
"The Greater Mercies of Intimacy" (Literature & Fiction)
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updated Mar 29, 2010 04:34pm
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Short short story
"Hello Liz, Goodbye Teeth" (Literature & Fiction)
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updated Mar 29, 2010 04:33pm
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In honor of the imminent rerelease of Liz Phair's epochal CD Exile in Guyville, I decided to post this oldie but moldy, too. It was published in---aww, who cares where it was published. It was inspired by my near meeting with Liz Phair, however, photographic proof of which may be found here: http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=42965553&albumID=0&imageID=26124237
(That's me in the left corner, losing my religion)
"Etude and Bell Tower" (Literature & Fiction)
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This is an old story. I figured I'd add something here.... I hadn't in a while.
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"If I'd been a virgin when I read this book I probably would've castrated myself out of sheer terror. Then again, if this book had been published when...more
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| I've rounded up to four for the sake of symmetry but really, this was a 3-1/2er for me. Knocked 'er off one night in about two hours after seeing the movie wouldn't be out for another week and that Amazon was hocking it for less than $6. I love the i...more | |
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| As many reviewers note, Hammett claimed this book was his favorite, and it's easy to see why. Structurally it's the most cohesive of his five novels. RED HARVEST is great but feels a little serial-y, DAIN CURSE is four stories glommed together, and b...more | |
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| This book is a lot like the decade in which it's set: the garish fashions tend to overshadow the substance, the plot feels loose and sprawling, everybody is collapsing into crass, and the specter of Richard Nixon stinks it up like the bad smell from...more | |
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| If I weren't the mean teacher I am I'd cut Hammett slack and round up to four stars because this---the last of his novels---is a solid 3-1/2. And that's only because it pales in comparison to every one of his other novels except THE DAIN CURSE, which...more | |
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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
― 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 L. 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 L. Thompson
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Pirh wrote: "♥ ♥ ♥ You were next on my list to add! My sincerest apologies for you not being at the top of it."haha---I'm happy to know my place :)
You mean my picture is worse than any avatar you've ever had? I am so proud! (Check out her freaky-ass hand.)
P.S. eMOOtional rescue cracked me up.
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BeLL-Z wrote: "HOLY! Is that was the bars are like down in Montgomery?!?! Looks like a good way to get a pube in your beer."It's hot down here. But if you wax you can avoid the floaties.
HOLY! Is that was the bars are like down in Montgomery?!?! Looks like a good way to get a pube in your beer.
I love your new av! (I think that may drive the teetotalers to drink, though!)I wish I could buy this for you:
http://www.nfljerseyssupply.org/nhl-j...
Hello, Kirk! Very interesting. The only book we have in common, (Outlander) we feel identical about. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Why Mickey Rooney? I assumed he must have died today... but apparently he's still (ostensibly) alive, according to my Google search.
His first novel, Breathing Out the Ghost, won the 2008 Best Books of Indiana competition in the fiction category.WOTT!
I had no fucking idea we had a 'Best Books of Indiana' competition. Hell, I don't know we could even read. Props to Shatmandu!
Also: I don't want to know why they are smelling the bananas. I feel like maybe the bananas just came out of an orifice of some kind and it scares me.
Hey Kirk! I was just thinking about you and I haven't talked to you in a while so I thought I'd drop you a note. I hope everything is going well for you!! Happy new year!
her eyes cry, "I hate my life" and his eyes say, "I have hated every moment of my life except this one and I think I just wet myself."
feeling like a woman,looking like a man,
sounding like a no-no,
mating when I can
oh wait, that's not Grace Jones
Oh.. your gosh !!!How fun of your pic, Kirk!
The camel are eating the boy's hand;
Moreover, his father feel enjoy for that, too !!??
Ha!
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Suka
Kirk,I painted a portrait of Fitzgerald last year and I think it might be a good candidate for a future Fitzgerald Review cover and it translates well to black and white.
http://echaz.deviantart.com/art/F-Sco...
Where exactly should I send it to submit?
Emily
. Goths and emos, deep down, are really just sentimental. In their rooms at night they cry to reruns of Titantic. That, right there, is one reason why you are one of my favorite writers...chock full of Curnuttery goodness...
