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J. Pagano G. Page D. Parish T. Parkinson R. Parvin
K. Patchen T. Pejovich S. Pereira R. Peters F. Phillips
L. C. Powell B. Pronzini T. Pynchon



Pagano, Jo
Golden WeddingFiction

Page, Greg
Border CrossingsPoetry
Torn PatternPoetry
Sunflower Facing the SunPoetry

Parish, Dillwyn
Praise the LordFiction

Parkinson, Thomas
Poems, New and SelectedPoetry

Parvin, Roy
The Loneliest Road in AmericaFiction

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Patchen, Kenneth
Selected PoemsPoetry
Patchen's Lost PlaysDrama

Pejovich, Ted
The State of California: Growing Up Foreign in the Backyards of Eden Non-Fiction

Pereira, Sam (1949 - ____)

    Sam Pereira was born in Los Banos, CA. He has a BA from California State University, Fresno and an MFA from the Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. While always a poet first, he currently works in the California education system. He also writes a regular newspaper column of ideas ranging from the provacative to the silly.

    Some of these columns, along with some of Mr. Pereira's RealAudio readings can be found at:Sam's readings.
Brittle WaterPoetryPenumbra Press/Abattoir Editions; University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE1987
The Marriage of the PortuguesePoetryL'Epervier Press; Ft. Collins, Co1978

Peters,Robert
Shaker LightPoetry

Phillips, Frances
Up at TwoPoetry

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Powell, Lawrence Clark ( 1906 - )

    "Passion is the trait that most marks the varied careers of Lawrence Clark Powell. Not blind passion, of course, but as innovative librarian, as educator, as scholar, as critic, and as novelist, he has proceeded with an ardor that stands out: this son of the Southwest cares. Little is merely perfunctory or abstract in Powell's work."

    Western Writers Series: Lawrence Clark Powell; Gerald Haslam; Boise State University; 1992

    Powell has published so many books that I have only included some works published since 1982. At some time in the future, I may add the rest.
California Classics: Essay collectionNon-fiction Santa Barbara: Capra Press 1982
Portrait of My FatherNon-fictionSanta Barbara: Capra1987
Ocian in View Non-fictionSanta Barbara: Capra1987
An Orange Grove BoyhoodNon-fiction Santa Barbara: Capra1988
Sorthwest: Three DefinitionsNon-fiction Tucson: Singing Wind Bookshop 1990
Z to A: Travel Notes from Illyria to CambriaNon-fiction Tucson: privately printed 1990
Landscape and Literature: The Essays of Lawrence Clark Powell in the Southwest Review Non-fiction Dallas: Degrolyer Library Southern Methodist University 1990
Land of FictionNon-fiction Los Angeles: The Historical Society of Southern California1991
The Evening of RednessNon-fiction Santa Barbara: Capra 1991

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Pronzini, Bill (1943 - )

    "Bill Pronzini has received two Shamus awards and the Lifetime Achievement award from the Private Eye Writers of America, and five nominations for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award. He has been called 'a master of the modern mystery' by Publishers Weekly, and Booklist called his Nameless Detective 'one of the most complex and rewarding series heroes in the genre.' He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area."

    Book jacket of "Quarry"; Dell Publishing; 1992

BindlestiffFiction
A Wasteland of StrangersFiction
The Gallows LandFictionNew York: Walker and Company 1983
The VanishedFictionWoodstock, VT: A Foul Play Press Book1984
ShacklesFictionNew York: Dell Publishing1988
MasquesFictionBerkeley: Black Lizard Books1988
JackpotFictionNew York: Dell Publishing1990
QuarryFictionNew York: Dell Publishing1992
HardcaseFictionNew York: Dell Publishing1995

Pynchon, Thomas
The Crying of Lot 49Fiction
VinelandFiction





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