· Though subtitled “A Reader’s Memoir,” it’s more than that. A mix of biography, autobiography and literary criticism, the result is a heartfelt love letter to literature. Wavering precariously on the border between critic and bibliophile, Gaillard bucks both roles by combining them, bringing with him a lifetime spent buried in books. Frye Gaillard has written or co-written 30 books, and edited or co-edited six. Publishers include St. Martin’s Press, St. Martin’s Griffin, five university presses, and such distinguished independent publishers as NewSouth Books, John F. Blair, Publisher, and Negative Capability Press. · Frye Gaillard is a writer in residence at the University of South Alabama and award-winning author of more than 20 books, including Watermelon Wine: The .
As this heartfelt reminiscence makes clear, the books that chose Frye Gaillard shaped him like an extended family. Reading The Books that Mattered: A Reader's Memoir will make you study your own shelves to find clues into your own literary heart. Reviewed by Allen Mendenhall "My first encounters with books were disappointing." That's a curious opening line for a memoir about reading inspirational books, but an apt one, too, because Frye Gaillard anticipates right away how he will treat reading: not as an activity undertaken in isolation or as an exercise liberating readers from the quotidian [ ]. The documentary In the Path of the Storms, based on the book by Frye Gaillard, has won a regional Emmy Award for documentary www.doorway.rurd is also the author of the recently released The Books That Mattered: A Reader's Memoir and Watermelon Wine, both published by NewSouth Books.. The film, produced by the Alabama Center for Public Television, tells the story of Bayou La Batre and.
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