Bibliograph

The traveling feast, on the road and at the table with my heroes, Rick Bass

Type

Label

The traveling feast, on the road and at the table with my heroes, Rick Bass

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The traveling feast

Oclc number

1037096414

Responsibility statement

Rick Bass

Sub title

on the road and at the table with my heroes

Summary

A transformative journey written in gratitude to the author's mentors describes his midlife attempt to recapture the passions of his youth, an effort marked by encounters with famous contemporaries and a variety of colorful mishaps

Table Of Contents

Peter Matthiessen, RIP -- Amy Hempel, good witch of Manhattan -- Gordon Lish, captain fiction -- Denis Johnson, a long time clean -- Doug Peacock, Hayduke still lives -- David Sedaris, trash collector extraordinaire -- John Berger, old man of the mountains -- Gary Snyder and the road to Kitkitdizze -- Russell Chatham, the painter, recently hospitalized, emerges from seven-figure debt and alcoholism, ready to paint -- Barry Lopez, carnivore for a night -- Tom McFuane, AKA captain berserko, burning down the house -- Lorrie Moore, fairy godmother : the road to the corn palace; or, The trail of ears -- The road home -- Joyce Carol Oates, Badass -- Terry Tempest Williams, red-rock solid -- Mississippi ghosts

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