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    Six of One, Half Dozen of Another (Stories & Poem + 1)
    Six of One, Half Dozen of Another (Stories & Poem + 1)
    Six of One, Half Dozen of Another (Stories & Poem + 1)
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    Six of One, Half Dozen of Another (Stories & Poem + 1)

    By Robert Lamb

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    Stories and poems from a lifetime of writing, with an afterword on their origins. Contains the award-winning "R.I.P." and the groundbreaking "Rebellion at Fugitive Flats."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobert Lamb
    Release dateNov 2, 2011
    ISBN9781465812629
    Six of One, Half Dozen of Another (Stories & Poem + 1)
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    Robert Lamb

    Graduate of the University of Georgia; former editor/writer, The Atlanta Constitution; former adjunct professor, University of South Carolina, (writing and American literature), winner, Excellence in Teaching Award, Mortar Board Honor Society. Novels: -Striking Out (A PEN-Hemingway Award nominee) -Atlanta Blues (an Edgar contender and a Southern Critics Circle Selection) -A Majority of One (Voted "Most Likely To Get Its Author Hanged") -And Tell Tchaikovsky the News ("Good golly, Miss Molly, what a story!" ~Amazon reader) Short Stories and Poems -Six of One, Half Dozen of Another (contains "R.I.P.," winner, 2009 South Carolina Fiction Project; "Black Coffee," Storytelling Excellence Award, July 2008; and the groundbreaking "Rebellion at Fugitive Flats," a surreal excursion into creative writing.

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