Donald Harington, novelist of surrealism in the Ozarks Nov 14, 2009
In time, he graduated to reading Erskine Caldwell and Faulkner. At the University of Arkansas, he earned a bachelor s degree in art in 1956 and a master of fine arts in printmaking in 1958. (Boston Globe)
* [ SOFTCOVER: US ]: Cao Naiqians dark, raunchy vision of the Cultural Revolution Jul 12, 2009
Balcom makes comparisons with Sherwood Anderson, William Faulkner and Erskine Caldwell. All seemed set for a great read. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Some thermally correct travelin’ music for y’all Jun 20, 2009
Sadly, though, perhaps the most influential insofar as the South s detractors are concerned is Erskine Caldwell s Tobacco Road. Finally, probably the most influential of all is the father of Southern literature, Mark Twain. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Getting the small things right May 17, 2009
With his death came the death of a special era in American letters, for Mr. Lathem was the center of a remarkable universe that included such disparate figures as Robert Frost, Dr. Seuss, Wallace Stegner, Erskine Caldwell, Paul Sample, and members of the Calvin Coolidge family. He produced about a hundred books. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
