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Some Facts About Me
I was born May 30, 1964, in Berlin, Germany. My dad was in the U.S. Army at the time, and I was born on a military post, so I've always been an American citizen. The places I have lived in my life:
Berlin, Germany My Family I am married to Clifton Dowell and have two sons, Jack and Will. My mom and dad are Jane and Del O'Roark. I have two brothers, De (who's older) and Doug (who's younger). De's a lawyer and Doug's a teacher. My wonderful parents-in-law are Jack and Melvene Dowell. I have three very fabulous sisters-in-law, Danni, Kim and Jessica. I have one fabulous brother-in-law, Eric. I have four divine nieces (Hannah, Kirsten, Elizabeth and Gabrielle) and one rockin' nephew (Devin). My Favorite Things Books: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and To Kill a Mockingbird are the big favorites. Other books I love include: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, An American Childhood by Annie Dillard, Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons, The Port William novels by Wendell Berry (including Hannah Coulter, Jayber Crow, and In Memory of Old Jack), Victory Over Japan by Ellen Gilchrist, Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje, The White Album by Joan Didion, Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith, and Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood. Favorite poets and writers: Wendell Berry, Katherine Paterson, Jerry Spinelli, Margaret Atwood, Michael Pollen, Walt Whitman, Larry Levis, Philip Levine, Campbell McGrath, Jack Gilbert, Ellen Gilchrist, Lee Smith, Lynda Barry, Gary Paulsen, Sarah Dessen, Virginia Holman, Bruce Brooks, E.M. Forster, Nick Hornby, Anne Tyler, Barbara Kingsolver, Ian McEwan, Annie Dillard, Lucille Clifton, Tracy Kidder, Cynthia Rylant, Cornelius Eady, Christopher Paul Curtis, Jane Austen, Beverly Cleary, Michael Ondaatje, Chris Lynch, Eleanora Tate, E.L. Konigsburg, Nancy Reisman, Kate Daniels, Andrew Clements, Elizabeth Bishop, John Steinbeck, Stanley Kunitz, Stanley Plumly, Theodore Roethke, William Stafford, Joan Didion, Jacqueline Woodson, Eva Ibbotson, Hilary McKay, Edward P. Jones, Philip Yancy, Langston Hughes, David Foster Wallace, N.T. Wright, Kathleen Norris, Charles Simic, Tim O'Brien, Some of my favorite children's books: Books I read when I was a kid ...
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
And books I've read as an adult
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor Bands and Musicians: Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, the Drive-by Truckers, Dan Zanes and Friends, the Clash, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, the Flaming Lips, The Innocence Mission, Doc Watson, Steve Earle, Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones, Wilco, Sun Volt, Uncle Tupelo, Pink Floyd, Dave Alvin, Lucinda Williams, Los Lobos, The Hold Steady, Robert Earl Keen, Jr., Billy Bragg, Tom Waits, The Gourds | |||||
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