French Dirt
by Goodman, RichardFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1991-09-01
Publisher(s): Algonquin Books
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Summary
French Dirt is about elation and defeat. About the pleasures of having a small piece of France, roughly thirty feet by forty feet, all to oneself.
Author Biography
Richard Goodman has written articles and essays for the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Commonweal, Saveur, Garden Design, the Michigan Quarterly Review, Creative Nonfiction, and Salon.com. He has twice been the recipient of a MacDowell Colony Residency. He created, wrote, and narrated a six-part series about New York City for public radio in Virginia. He lives in New York City
Table of Contents
| The Village | |
| Inspiration | p. 3 |
| Clearing | p. 9 |
| The Village | p. 14 |
| Ignorance | p. 23 |
| Espana | p. 30 |
| Silk | p. 40 |
| Wood | p. 47 |
| Stones | p. 56 |
| Jules | p. 63 |
| Mon ami | p. 68 |
| Blooming | p. 77 |
| The Garden | |
| Land | p. 85 |
| Planting | p. 92 |
| Bamboo | p. 100 |
| Routines | p. 109 |
| Snails | p. 116 |
| Watering | p. 118 |
| Stairs | p. 128 |
| Tools | p. 133 |
| Tomatoes | p. 139 |
| Seeds | p. 151 |
| Instincts | p. 160 |
| Bounty | p. 167 |
| Leaving | |
| Drums | p. 177 |
| Rabbits | p. 186 |
| Heat | p. 191 |
| Leaving | p. 201 |
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