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Joe Samuel Starnes

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I was born in Alabama and grew up in Cedartown, Georgia but I have lived in New Jersey and Philadelphia for the past decade. My first novel, Calling, was published in 2005. NewSouth Books published Fall Line, my second novel, in November 2011. I've had journalism appear in The New York Times, The Washington Post and various magazines, as well as essays, short stories, and poems in literary journals. I am a graduate of the University of Georgia and Rutgers University in Newark, and was awarded a fellowship to the 2006 Sewanee Writers' Conference.

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Welcome to the Reality Football League

I have been working on nonfiction about football for the past year or so, and have been astounded recently to watch the number of retired players suing the NFL regarding negligence in handling concussions climb exponentially. There are now many more former players suing the league than there are active players in it, and the number is still growing. That led to "Franchise Mode: A Modest Propos... read more »

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Average rating: 3.77 · 22 ratings · 13 reviews · 2 distinct works

	Fall Line 3.58 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Calling 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005	My rating:

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Room for Improvement: Notes on a Dozen Lifelong Sports

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Joe Samuel Starnes marked as to-read: The Architect of Desire: Beauty and Danger in the Stanford White Family by Suzannah Lessard	My rating:
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I saw this movie many years ago and remember it being very good, but the novel is superb -- a remarkable first-person voice that tells a story that connects the legacies of slavery and racial oppression of the South and the holocaust of World War II...more
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“If you wait until you got time to write a novel, or time to write a story, or time to read the hundred thousands of books you should have already read - if you wait for the time, you will never do it. ‘Cause there ain’t no time; world don’t want you to do that. World wants you to go to the zoo and eat cotton candy, preferably seven days a week.”
― Harry Crews

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Southern Lit Lovers — 344 members — last activity 22 hours, 17 min ago
(Est 2008) Calling one & all who love Southern Lit! From classics like Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird to contemporary like Sue Monk Kidd's The Sec...more (Est 2008) Calling one & all who love Southern Lit! From classics like Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird to contemporary like Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees. If you love Southern Lit this is the place for you, whether you want to talk your favorite books, your gardens or just want to talk. Introduce yourself in the "Come sit for a spell & tell us about yourself!" thread & please feel free to get your own threads going. Lurking is not encouraged! If you're not active on a regular basis, you may be removed for inactivity. We gladly welcome authors and hope you're able to participate in our group to interact with fellow readers - Self promotion of your work(s) is fine as long as it is done appropriately and you are also an active member of this group. (Self promo comments of any kind do not count as being active). Active members are those who participate in the discussion threads on a regular basis. I must also ask that you do not nominate your own works for our monthly group reads, especially if you're not an active member of the group. Thank you in advance for your understanding and cooperation. If you're an author who is an active member of SLL's and would like to do a book giveaway, please get moderator approval before posting. Promoting of other online groups in SLL's may not be done without moderator permission and will not be considered if you're not an active member of SLL's for a period of time. Bloggers: If you are an active member of this group and would like to share your blog link with us, please feel free to do so. Active members are those who participate in the discussion threads on a regular basis. Comments promoting your blog and/or giveaways do not count as being active, especially if you're not participating in the other threads on a regular basis. Please accept my apologies as I do not mean to offend anyone or discourage anyone! There isn't a problem with the whole, it is the very few. Thank you so much for your understanding and cooperation. (less)

Georgia Writers Association — 15 members — last activity Oct 18, 2011 08:35am
Promoting the works of Georgia Writers. www.georgiawriters.org Open to all Georgia writers, but we encourage you to join us

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This group is for us readers who are from the southern United States. Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Tenneessee,...more