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Mar.28.2012
BOOKS IN GROCERY STORES: A TESTIMONIAL
(formerly a MobyLives guest column)
by Larry Baker
Ninety percent of all published writers, and one hundred percent of all unpublished writers might say that they would trade places with me. Very few would have any sympathy for me, and I understand that....
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Mar.04.2010
News & Events Book Signing and Reading by Larry Baker
On Tuesday, March 16, the Foundation will host "An Evening with Larry Baker" at Andalusia. ...
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Jun.06.2009
After years of nail biting and pouting in front of my wife, I found a home for my new novel. With the perfect publisher---somebody who got the manuscript on a Wednesday and told me the following Saturday that he would like to publish it.
Release date is September 23.
Feel free to pre-order a...
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Feb.15.2008
“I live in Athens, Iowa…Like all college towns, an island of art and intellect and tax supported affluence, a world safe from the crime and poverty and shameless hucksterism of the rest of America. Or so we tell ourselves. We’re different. We’re better. We live the life of the mind.”
Write what you...
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Jan.19.2008
My Career as Cautionary Tale?
Even on a clear day, the publishing business can be murky. Clarity is always there for some writers, those who sell books and make a profit for their houses. Sometimes those are actually well-written books, often not. But a book in print that makes dollars always makes...
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About Larry
Larry Baker’s wife would insist that the use of “career” in conjunction with his life is a bit misleading. Admitting that, however, Larry would still insist that he has done a few things in his life that might constitute real work.
He is currently an adjunct...
Causes Larry Baker Supports
Holt International Adoption Services
Harry Chapin Foundation
National Public Radio