Naseem Rakha Author of THE CRYING TREE Broadway Books July, 2009
A prose/poem written by Naseem Rakha. In Sands a war correspondent attempts to lose herself and her memories in Oman's endless dunes.
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Author Biography
- Naseem Rakha is an award winning author and journalist whose stories have been heard on National Public Radio. Her best selling debut novel, The Crying Tree, has received the 2010 PNBA Award. She lives in Silverton, Oregon with her husband, son and a whole bunch of animals.
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Influences
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Kent Haruf, Wendel Berry, Truman Capote, David Gunderson
Favorite Books
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A Place on Earth By Wendell Berry, Eventide By Kent Haruf, Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey, To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee, Snow Falling an Cedars By David Guterson, Cry the Beloved Country Alan Paton, A Lesson Before Dying Ernest Gaines, Empire Falls Richard Russo, 1000 Acres Jane Smiley, A Passage to India E.M Forster, Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Favorite Authors
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Kent Haruf, Wendell Berry, Ken Kesey, Ernest Gaines, Richard Russo, E.M. Forster, Truman Capote
What I'm Reading
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The Book Thief By Markus Zusak
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