Branches (novel)
''Branches'' is a novel-in-verse by American author Mitch Cullin, with illustrations by the Japanese artist Ryuzo Kikushima. It is the second installment of the writer's ''Texas Trilogy'' that also includes the coming-of-age football novel '' Whompyjawed'' and the surrealistic novel '' Tideland''. In a 2000 interview with the ''Austin Chronicle'', Cullin stated that his first novel ''Whompyjawed'' was a more accurate reflection of West Texas while ''Branches'', he was quoted as saying, "is kind of, maybe to a fault, what other people who haven't really been there might think it's like." ''Branches'' was first published in March 2000 as a hardcover edition from Permanent Press Permanent may refer to: Art and entertainment * ''Permanent'' (film), a 2017 American film * ''Permanent'' (Joy Division album) * "Permanent" (song), by David Cook *"Permanent", a song by Alex Lahey from ''The Answer Is Always Yes'', 2023 Other .... Footnotes 2000 American novels Novels by Mi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mitch Cullin
Mitch Cullin (born March 23, 1968) is an American writer. He is the author of seven novels, and one short story collection. He currently resides in Arcadia, California and Tokyo, Japan with his partner and frequent collaborator Peter I. Chang. His books have been translated into over 10 languages, among them French, Polish, Japanese, and Italian. Reception ''The New York Times'' has described Cullin's writing as "brilliant and beautiful", but the author has confessed that "half the time I'm not even sure why I make choices in writing, or how it works when it works." Books and film adaptations Cullin's novel '' Tideland'' was adapted for the screen and directed by Terry Gilliam in 2003, and the author also made a brief cameo appearance in the film, later stating about his time on the set: "There was a part of me that wanted to watch and experience every aspect of what Terry was doing... and he allowed me to do that while I was there if I wished to... but at the same time, I didn' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Whompyjawed
''Whompyjawed'' is the debut novel by American author Mitch Cullin. It is the first installment of the writer's ''Texas Trilogy'' that also includes the dark novel-in-verse ''Branches'' and the surrealistic novel ''Tideland''. ''Whompyjawed'' was first published in September 1999 as a hardcover edition from The Permanent Press. A trade paperback edition was published by Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster LLC (, ) is an American publishing house owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts since 2023. It was founded in New York City in 1924, by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. Along with Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group US ... in April 2001, but as of 2007, it is no longer in print. References 1999 American novels Novels by Mitch Cullin Native American novels Novels set in Texas Texas Trilogy American bildungsromans 1999 debut novels Permanent Press (publisher) books {{1990s-bildungsroman-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tideland
''Tideland'' is the third published book by author Mitch Cullin, and is the third installment of the writer's ''Texas Trilogy'' that also includes the coming-of-age novel '' Whompyjawed'' and the novel-in- verse ''Branches''. The story is a first-person narrative told by the young Jeliza-Rose, detailing the summer she spent alone at an isolated, rundown farmhouse in Texas called What Rocks. With only the heads of old Barbie dolls to keep her company, Jeliza-Rose embarks on a series of highly imagined and increasingly surreal adventures in the tall grass surrounding the farmhouse. ''Tideland'' was first published in the United States in 2000 by Dufour Editions. The book received major notices upon publication, including a review from ''New York Times Book Review'' which wrote that the novel was "brilliant and beautiful." Some have favourably compared the book to earlier Southern Gothic American literature such as ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' and ''A Rose for Emily'', while othe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Austin Chronicle
Austin refers to: Common meanings * Austin, Texas, United States, a city * Austin (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Austin (surname), a list of people and fictional characters * Austin Motor Company, a British car manufacturer Arts and entertainment * ''Austin'' (album), by Post Malone, 2023 * "Austin" (Blake Shelton song), 2001 * "Austin" (Dasha song), 2023 * ''Austin'' (TV series), a 2024 Australian-British comedy series Businesses and organisations Businesses * American Austin Car Company, short-lived American automobile maker * Austin Automobile Company, short-lived American automobile company * Austin Motor Company, British car manufacturer ** ''Austin'' magazine, produced for the Austin Motor Company by in-house Nuffield Press * Austin Airways, a former Canadian passenger airline and freight carrier * Austin cookies and crackers, a Keebler Company brand Education * Austin College, in Sherman, Texas, U.S. * Austin High School (disambigua ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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West Texas
West Texas is a loosely defined region in the U.S. state of Texas, generally encompassing the desert climate, arid and semiarid climate, semiarid lands west of a line drawn between the cities of Wichita Falls, Texas, Wichita Falls, Abilene, Texas, Abilene, and Del Rio, Texas, Del Rio. No consensus exists on the boundary between East Texas and West Texas. While most Texans understand these terms, no boundaries are officially recognized and any two people are likely to describe the boundaries of these regions differently. The historian and geographer Walter Prescott Webb has suggested that the 98th meridian west, 98th meridian separates East and West Texas; writer A.C. Greene proposed that West Texas extends west of the Brazos River. Use of a single line, though, seems to preclude the use of other separators, such as an area—Central Texas. Texas is part of the Southern United States, South and the American Southwest at the same time, while the semiarid and desert climates of Wes ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Permanent Press (publisher)
Permanent Press is an American independent book publisher. The press was founded by Judith and Martin Shepard in 1978 and is based in Sag Harbor, New York.Beller, Peter C. On a Shoestring, Turning Out Literary Gems" ''The New York Times''. February 6, 2005. It also published through the Second Chance imprint, which releases books previously out of print. The press first brought the work of Nobel laureate Halldor Laxness to the United States. Its books and authors have won the American Book Award, Hammett Prize and Small Press Book Award, and have been finalists for the National Book Award, Edgar Award and Chautauqua Prize. Among the publisher's best known books is ''The Hoax'', Clifford Irving's account of his fraudulent interviews with Howard Hughes.Nudd, TimYears Later, a Hoax Finally Pays Off Adweek. Jan 19, 2007 Published authors include Mitch Cullin Mitch Cullin (born March 23, 1968) is an American writer. He is the author of seven novels, and one short story colle ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Novels By Mitch Cullin
A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning 'new'. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, Medieval Chivalric romance, and the tradition of the Italian Renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, in the historical romances of Walter Scott and the Gothic novel. Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, and John Cowper Powys, preferred the term ''romance''. Such romances should not be confused with the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Native American Novels
Native may refer to: People * '' Jus sanguinis'', nationality by blood * '' Jus soli'', nationality by location of birth * Indigenous peoples, peoples with a set of specific rights based on their historical ties to a particular territory ** Native Americans (other) In arts and entertainment * Native (band), a French R&B band * Native (comics), a character in the X-Men comics universe * ''Native'' (album), a 2013 album by OneRepublic * ''Native'' (2016 film), a British science fiction film * ''The Native'', a Nigerian music magazine In science * Native (computing), software or data formats supported by a certain system * Native language, the language(s) a person has learned from birth * Native metal, any metal that is found in its metallic form, either pure or as an alloy, in nature * Native species, a species whose presence in a region is the result of only natural processes * List of Australian plants termed "native", whose common name is of the form "native . . ." ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Novels Set In Texas
A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning 'new'. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, Medieval Chivalric romance, and the tradition of the Italian Renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, in the historical romances of Walter Scott and the Gothic novel. Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, and John Cowper Powys, preferred the term ''romance''. Such romances should not be confused wi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |