He wrote The River Why in 1983, Brothers K in 1992, and River Teeth in 1995. He's still alive (~70 years old).
I also see an interview from 2007 where he talks about writing The River Why in 83 and that giving him the freedom and ability to write for a living.
Any idea why he hasn't written more? Maybe he does more writing for environmental efforts that aren't actually published works?
Do you have any book suggestions that would fit my interests. They don’t necessarily have to be nature themed or anything. When I look up books similar to The River Why I keep getting books mainly about fishing not stories. I really only want that similar tone, philosophical questioning, …
I loved Never Cry Wolf and thought I’d add that to get another point for reference in taste.
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Also, whoever said 8 layups was a good challenge can also go shove it.
Had to rant guys. On my 4th attempt now for the 8 layups and it’s getting incredibly frustrating.
Imagine that Simmons becomes a great free throw shooter, and has a serviceable mid range shot but still no free throw. How much higher would you rank him than he is currently ranked in your current best players list. This makes him significantly better imo. What are your thoughts about this?
Me and some of my friends from Tx were arguing about this.
Most consider DRob to be a top 15-20 player all time and is probably a lock for the 6th greatest center ever. Now, Duncan is obviously the greatest PF ever and arguably a top 5 player ever, but also ran the center position for a good portion of his career. DRob had arguably the best DPOY year ever, but many would say that Duncan was a better defender despite not winning DPOY.
If you had to draft a center for your team, who would you pick? Lets say that your team is already decent in terms of the other positions, both offensively and defensively.
2 all time low post big men and one of the best 3 point shooters in league history, with enough money to sign a stud PG and 3&D wing... how well would they do in today's NBA?
i feel like it would be cool if they do lurk in our sub
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He is the author of The River Why, a book about a fisherman based on the northern Oregon coast. I learned about it from a close friend, who isn't doing well. I would love to get a signed copy or something sentimental related to the book. I've tried google searches, and I've tried to contact the publisher but have had no luck. It's a long shot but reddit is pretty amazing at times.... Thanks for reading!
What an emotional roller coaster. The first book to really bring me to tears in a good while. Duncan does a masterful job through the first half of the book making me feel like a child along with the characters. It really is magical, not only in the beautiful child like wonder bits, but even to the very serious dramatic moments.
There was a moment within the first bit of the book that made me know I was in for a ride. I’m speaking of a conversation between one of the older brothers (Everett) and the narrator brother (Kincaid). Everett is explaining some aspects of baseball and Kincaid is too young to fully grasp what is being said. The words really spoke for and conveyed his frustration, I felt like a child who was utterly devastated by their inability to comprehend a conversation.
The wonder and joy of watching the children watch their father slowly try to rebuild himself was so great. I slowly began to feel and love for these characters as if they were my own family. I hated them in moments and yet those moments were underlined with an understanding of their actions and thoughts with an underlying love even at the characters lows.
Watching the family through their ups and downs was rough. I loved seeing them succeed and hated to see them fail or endure tragedy. It hurt. So much of the dialogue in moments made my heart sink, I would have to close the book and sit, letting myself stir in the mixed emotions of sorrow and anxiety. Needless to say, I loved much of the book. As with most books there were dips, but necessary dips just like life. The book details a families life and it does so to a great extent.
I loved watching each character grow in to themselves. To see the kids develop into who they are in their different ways was fufilling. I could relate in ways to their adolescent questioning of religion etc. that made much of the conversations enjoyable to read from brothers just chatting about life.
A quote from the book that intrigued me was this in regards to Everett’s reading of books, “But the contest, to his surprise, gave him a new appreciation of his old college professors. Without their lectures, assignments, deadlines and tests the reading never developed into anything more than guilt-motivated drudgery: mildew won by a mile.” I don’t exactly share all of this sentiment, however with this review I wanted to try something for my own sake. To any of you reading, if you have enjoyed The Brothers K and loved certain aspects or themes of it, I
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