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March 9, 2008

Excerpt: "Mudbound," by Hillary Jordan

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Michael Merschel

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Here's the opening of "Mudbound" by Hillary Jordan, reviewed today in GuideLive. It's provided courtesy of the publisher, Algonquin Books.

(Fans may be interested in this interview with her from New York, where the former Dallas resident now resides. She'll be back in town 7 p.m. Tuesday to sign books at Barnes & Noble, Preston Road at Royal Lane.

Henry and I dug the hole seven feet deep. Any
shallower and the corpse was liable to come rising up during the next big flood: Howdy boys! Remember me? The thought of it kept us digging even after the blisters on our palms had burst, re-formed and burst again. Every shovelful was an agony --
the old man, getting in his last licks. Still, I was glad of the pain. It shoved away thought and memory.

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March 9, 2008

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