Donald Ray Pollock quotes

Knockemstiff is a collection of short stories set in the holler of the same name in southern Ohio where I grew up. I tried to link the stories together through the place and some recurring characters. (Donald Ray Pollock)
When I turned fifty, I decided to quit the mill and go to graduate school. View quote
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I spent thirty-two years in a paper mill in southern Ohio, and before that, I worked in a meatpacking plant and a shoe factory. View quote
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I sort of like writing about weird characters, I guess. View quote
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I was always a big reader, even when everything was bad and miserable. View quote
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Id always been a big reader, and I loved books, and I always thought writing would be a great way to get by in the world. View quote
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Don't get me wrong: I think that everyone should put forth an effort to do better, but let's face it, some of us are just plain luckier than others. View quote
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Four hundred or so people lived in Knockemstiff in 1957, nearly all of them connected by blood through one godforsaken calamity or another, be it lust or necessity or just plain ignorance. View quote
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