“When I left Iowa, I definitely never wanted to stand in front of a group of academics again and see if they approved of me. I made up my mind to take my work to the actual reading public.” IfsMindMadeWantedReadingLeftGroupsFrontsApprovedIowa Author:Daniel Woodrell
“Gail had a baby named Ned who was four months old, and a new look of baffled hurt, a left-behind sadness, like she saw that the great world kept spinning onward and away while she'd overnight become glued to her spot.” WorldLooksLeftHurtBehindsSawsFourSadnessBabyMonthsSpotsLeft BehindSpinningBaffledNew LookGail Book:Winter's Bone Source: Winter's Bone