The Thousand Yard Stare

The Thousand Yard Stare

Earl LeClaire

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Editorial:
Lulu Press
Año de edición:
2021
Materia
Antologías (no poéticas)
ISBN:
9781667106144
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Earl LeClaire, poet and raconteur, has worked at a myriad of jobs including, fisherman, lobsterman, nuclear piping designer, historical researcher, cab driver, and chef. He has been writing poetry, fiction, and non- fiction since 1971. He has published poetry, fiction and food articles in many small press and major magazines in the USA and Europe. Earl was awarded first place in the Aquillrelle Poetry Contest 2 for the poem, 'Below the Mayonnaise Factory'. He is the author of three cookbooks, Appalachian Kitchen Game and Garden Cookbook, Old Swamper’s Shellfish and Clambake Cookbook, and The Camp Cook’s Volume Cooking and Survival Guide. His other books include, NightTaxi, The Crew, Wrecking Yard Summer, On My Own, The Conduct of War, Below the Mayonnaise Factory, Epiphanies and Benedictions, Holy Shit, and Still Standing. At eighty years of age Earl says, 'I’m just getting started.'

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