2026
Left Unsaid, Karl Petersen
The Godwulf Manuscript
God Save the Child
Promised Land
The Judas Goat
Looking for Rachel Wallace
Early Autumn
A Savage Place
The Widening Gyre
Valediction
A Catskill Eagle (didn't finish)
Iron John (portion)
C.S. Lewis's Oxford, Simon Horobin
Blue Highways, William Least Heat Moon (audio + paper)
Left Unsaid, Karl Petersen
Dog Stars, Heller
From Betamax to Blockbuster, Joshua M. Greenberg
Encounters With Chinese Writers, Annie Dillard
Ceremony
To Read
Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver (rec Karl Petersen)
My most immediate inspiration for Left Unsaid was Barbara Kingsolver and her novel, Demon Copperhead. The story is written in first person and follows the boy, Demon, through his high school years in Appalachia. He suffers from poverty, homelessness, and drugs. Kingsolver’s characters are brilliantly drawn, so authentic and down to earth, without pretense. The style and quirky voice of the narrative captured me as much as anything else.
