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David James Duncan is the author of the novels The River Why and The Brothers K, the story collection River Teeth, and two nonfiction collections.His work has appeared in numerous national anthologies, including Best American Essays (twice), Best American Sportswriting, and Best American Spiritual Writing (five times). Duncan is widely renowned as an activist and expert fly fisher.

David James Duncan, River Teeth: Stories and Writings (Doubleday 1995). In honor of trout season opening, this seemed a perfect book to review. My introduction to David James Duncan came through The River Why, which provides a new twist on the coming of age novel. Many of the same themes are explored in this collection of writing. There are.

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Everything you probably need to know about David James Duncan's collection of essays, My Story as told by Water is all there in its subtitle: Confessions, Druidic Rants, Reflections, Bird-watchings, Fish-stalkings, Visions, Songs and Prayers Refracting Light, from Living Rivers, in the Age of the Industrial Dark. Pretty much anything you need to know about Duncan's writing is there in that.

David James Duncan is the author of two novels, The River Why and The Brothers K, and River Teeth, a joint memoir and collection of stories.The River Why ranks thirty-fifth on the San Francisco Chronicle list of The 20th Century's 100 Best Books of the American West.The Brothers K is an American Library Association Best Books Award-winner and a New York Times Notable Book.

The River Why is a 1983 novel by David James Duncan. While it starts off as a fishing story, The River Why turns into the story of a young person struggling to come to grips with the modern world. 3 20th anniversary edition. 4 Film and theatrical adaptation. 6 External links. A coming-of-age story narrated by Gus Orviston, a high school.

David James Duncan often speaks and writes about environmental topics. His first book, The River Why, echoes conservationist themes and was the first work of fiction ever published by the Sierra Club. The setting is Oregon, where Gus Orviston pursues his true love: fly fishing.

In his passionate, luminous novels, David James Duncan has won the devotion of countless critics and readers, earning comparisons to Harper Lee, Tom Robbins, and J.D. Salinger, to name just a few. Now Duncan distills his remarkable powers of observation into this unique collection of short stories and essays.

DAVID JAMES DUNCAN. David's classic novel, The River Why, will appear in a new eiditon from Little-Brown in 2015. The Brothers K remains one of America's most engaging baseball novels. Widely respected for his materful short stories and essays, David has published three collections: River Teeth, My Story As Told By Water, and God.

Earlier this year David James Duncan introduced me to an ancient Scandinavian story entitled the Lind Worm. The part of the story that grabbed my attention and still strongly remains with me is the idea of educating one’s heart. His introduction to his late friend, Brian Doyle’s book of posthumous essays ushers the reader onto this path.

David James Duncan is the author of two novels, The River Why and The Brothers K, and River Teeth, a joint memoir and collection of stories.The River Why ranks thirty-fifth on the San Francisco Chronicle list of The 20th Century’s 100 Best Books of the American West.The Brothers K is an American Library Association Best Books Award-winner and a New York Times Notable Book.