Gently Into the Land of the Meateaters

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Black Heron Press, 2010 - Biography & Autobiography - 159 pages
Essays about the author's life in writing and music, and working as a respiratory therapist. James Sallis is the author of the widely reviewed and highly regarded Lew Griffin detective series, as well as books of jazz criticism and a new biography of Chester Himes. Gently into the Land. gives the reader an intimate view of the author's concerns-drawing meaning from tragedy, providing solace to the weak and vulnerable, gathering truth from love-and their sources. This volume will appeal to all Sallis fans.

About the author (2010)

Jim Sallis has published sixteen novels including the Lew Griffin series, The Killer Is Dying and Drive, from which the Cannes-winning film derived, plus multiple collections of stories, poems and essays, the standard biography of African-American writer Chester Himes, three books of musicology, and a translation of Raymond Queneau's novel Saint Glinglin. Jim has received a lifetime achievement award from Bouchercon, the Hammett Award for literary excellence in crime writing, and the Grand Prix de Littérature policière. Recent books include the novel Others of My Kind and Black Night's Gonna Catch Me Here: New and Selected Poems. A new novel, Willnot, is due shortly from Bloomsbury.

Bibliographic information

TitleGently Into the Land of the Meateaters
AuthorJames Sallis
PublisherBlack Heron Press, 2010
ISBN0930773586, 9780930773588
Length159 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures
Literary Collections / Essays
Literary Criticism / American / General
  
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