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Kentucky Straight: Stories Paperback - 1992

by Chris Offutt

Riveting, often heartbreaking stories that take readers through country that is figuratively and literally unmapped. These stories are set in a nameless community too small to be called a town, a place where wanting an education is a mark of ungodly arrogance and dowsing for water a legitimate occupation. Offutt has received a James Michener Grant and a Kentucky Arts Council Award.


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Kentucky straight is bourbon with no mixer. Kentucky Straight is Kentucky seen without nostalgic gloss. These riveting, often heartbreaking stories, take us through country that is unmapped. They are set in a nameless Appalachian community too small to be called a town, a place where wanting an education is a mark of ungodly arrogance and dowsing for water a legitimate occupation; where hunting is not a sport but a means of survival. These are stories of coal miners and backwoods medicine men, of gamblers and marijuana farmers, tales of real tragedy and unutterable strangeness that convey their sense of place so vividly that we feel its ground rise beneath our feet. Offutt has received a James Michener Grant and a Kentucky Arts Council Award.

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  • Title Kentucky Straight: Stories
  • Author Chris Offutt
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vintage, New York
  • Date 1992-10-27
  • Features Maps
  • ISBN 9780679738862 / 067973886X
  • Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5.24 x 0.5 in (20.32 x 13.31 x 1.27 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
    • Demographic Orientation: Rural
    • Demographic Orientation: Small Town
    • Geographic Orientation: Kentucky
  • Library of Congress subjects Kentucky - Fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 91058062
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 09/14/1992, Page 0

About the author

Chris Offutt is an award-winning author and screenwriter. He worked on the HBO drama True Blood and the Showtime series Weeds. His books include Kentucky Straight, The Same River Twice, The Good Brother, Out of the Woods, and No Heroes: A Memoir of Coming Home. His work has appeared in The Best American Essays, The Best American Short Stories, and many other anthologies. He lives near Oxford, Mississippi.
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