DOGSBODY

Geoff Schumacher's Notes from Las Vegas

What's a dogsbody?

It's British slang for "a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do."

Schumacher Literary Hall of Fame

Here is a list of fiction writers who are among my personal favorites (with a representative book listed alongside). These are not the usual suspects, but some of the lesser-known writers I like. Richard Yates, "Revolutionary Road"; John Fante, "Ask the Dust"; Nelson Algren, "The Man with the Golden Arm"; Frederick Exley, "A Fan's Notes"; Charles Portis, "The Dog of the South"; John Williams, "Stoner"; Patrick Hamilton, "Hangover Square"; Richard Russo, "Empire Falls"; Richard Ford, "The Sportswriter"; Don DeLillo, "White Noise"; Jim Harrison, "True North"; Raymond Carver, "Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?"; Willy Vlautin, "The Motel Life"; Michael Chabon, "The Wonder Boys"; Ian McEwan, "Atonement"; Colson Whitehead, "John Henry Days"; Orhan Pamuk, "Snow"; Junot Diaz, "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao"; Avram Davidson, "Vergil in Averno"

Recent reading: recommended fiction

The Secret of Lost Things (2006), Sheridan Hay; Absurdistan (2006), Gary Shteyngart; Five Skies (2007), Ron Carlson; Citizen Vince (2005), Jess Walter; On Chesil Beach (2007), Ian McEwan; We're in Trouble (2005), Christopher Coake; Returning to Earth (2007), Jim Harrison; The Lay of the Land (2006), Richard Ford

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My favorite CDs so far this year

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posted Wed, 06/25/08
1. Drive-By Truckers, Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
2. Black Keys, Attack and Release
3. Mudcrutch, Mudcrutch
4. James McMurtry, Just Us Kids
5. Old 97s, Blame It on Gravity
6. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Real Emotional Trash
7. My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges
8. R.E.M., Accelerate
9. Mudhoney, The Lucky Ones
10. Raconteurs, Consolers of the Lonely
11. Black Mountain, In the Future
12. Bob Mould, District Line
13. Panic at the Disco, Pretty. Odd
14. Elvis Costello, Momofuku
15. Justin Townes Earle, The Good Life
16. North Mississippi Allstars, Hernando
17. Foxboro Hot Tubs, Stop Drop and Roll
18. Rolling Stones, Shine a Light

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