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Bonnie Jo Campbell is an American novelist born in 1962. Her works are often set in the rural Michigan, exploring themes of rural life, family relationships, and social issues. Campbell is praised for her unique narrative style and profound insights into human nature.

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“I loved writing for the school newspaper. I liked to report and interview people, but I really liked to write columns, funny columns.”

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“I worked probably fewer jobs than most people, or fewer real soul-killing jobs than other people. I've been a typist, a typesetter, a keyliner, cappuccino-maker. I think I've been pretty lucky.”

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“There were a lot of beautiful, thin people out there driving nice cars. It was a whole different experience being in L.A.”

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“My donkeys are Jack and Don Quixote. They're very smart, very cautious. Much of what people consider stubbornness in donkeys is actually cautiousness.”

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“People seem to want to read more nonfiction than fiction.”

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“I'm of the people in the bar and the people in my stories. They are my tribe.”

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“I figure that I'm always going to be fine, one way or another, but I do worry about other people who have difficulty moving from one world to the next. It's the folks who are truly invested in their lives who have the hardest time with change.”

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“Some people tell me they would be afraid of my characters, but I tell those people [that] they meet these characters all the time. They just don't care about them when they meet them, at the gas station, the car wash, the post office even.”

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“I like living near my family, and near the people I understand the best. The landscape of Michigan speaks to me, and the humility and humor of the people here makes sense. It just feels right to live here, in a place where I don't dare put on airs.”

People Speak Humility My Family Dare Make Sense

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“Men didn't understand that you couldn't let yourself be consumed with passion when there were so many people needing your attention, when there was so much work to do. Men didn't understand that there was nothing big enough to exempt you from your obligations, which began as soon as the sun rose over the paper company and ended only after you'd finished the day's chores and fell exhausted into sleep against the background noise of I-94.”

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Book:American Salvage: Stories

Source: American Salvage: Stories

“I mostly write about the working poor. Somehow, they're not being written about much anymore. I'm very interested in people who are in a situation that needs a little puzzling out. The thing that gets me started on a story is a person in a tough situation.”

People Needs Writing Littles Persons Stories Poor Situation Written Tough Puzzling Tough Situations

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Born: 1962
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 89

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