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PHOTO: CHARLIE GODBOLD
To buy Oh Don't YouCry For Me, go here:
Amazon or Barnes and Noble
To buy Sweet Spot, go here:
Amazon or Barnes and Noble.
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What Critics Say:
“Shirley is a master of the design
of fictional character."
-Melissa Lee-Houghton
Author and reviewer for The Short Review
“His people feel like real people. This collection of tightly written, closely observed stories marks a memorable debut in the world of fiction. ”
-Mark Childress
Author of One Mississippi and Crazy in Alabama
“Shirley has the uncanny ability to create powerful characters that are complicated enough to be interesting, yet simple enough to be believable."
- PopMatters.com
Reviewed by Abby Margulies
“I strongly encourage you to pick up this superb collection of Southern Gothic fiction."
-Enter the Octopus .com
Matt Staggs
"... tales that can hold their own, even stand out, in the proud tradition of Southern storytelling."
- Sonny Brewer
Author of The Poet of Tolstoy Park, and Cormac, The Tale of a Dog Gone Missing
"His characters may not want us to cry for them, but they demand our
understanding, something Shirley even at his darkest makes not only easy but immensely enjoyable." -First Draft
Reviewed by Kirk Curnutt
Author of Breathing Out the Ghost
"A master storyteller." -Portico Jackson
Nan Graves Goodman
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AUTHOR ~ SPEAKER ~ AD GUY
Okay, how would one introduce oneself? How about this: Born in Alabama, Philip Shirley (me) lives near Madison, Mississippi, on the Barnett Reservoir with his wife, the painter Virginia Shirley and a black lab named Miles (To Go Before I Sleep). In addition to publishing fiction and non-fiction, he is CEO of GodwinGroup, the South’s oldest ad agency. He frequently speaks nationally and internationally on college campuses and at writing, marketing and business conferences. His award-winning work includes fiction, poetry, speech and feature writing. He is presently completing a new novel and toying with a seafood cookbook. Also shopping a finished novel, and ocassionally shooting photos for a coffee table pictorial of Dauphin Island.
If you want, Friend me on Facebook (philip.shirley) for current news and follow on Twitter (philipshirley) for random stuff from football to marketing.
I'm also an official blogger for al.com on University of Alabama football. Check out my blogs under "Tide Corner" on al.com.
Free Video of Short Story Reading
Here is the link to the video file itself. If you like it forward the link.
My latest book is on baseball and Louisville Slugger
Sweet Spot: 125 Years of Baseball and the Louisville Slugger, co-authored with business writer David Magee and with foreword by Ken Griffey Jr., was released by Triumph Books, an imprint of Random House Publishing Group, in May 2009. The book has been featured on Fox Business News, Louisville public radio's "Studio 619," the L.A. Times and Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf.
Order online now.
Sweet Spot: 125 Years of Baseball and the Louisville Slugger, with many never-before-seen photos, tells us how a family-owned woodshop near the falls of the Ohio River became one of the most recognizable brand names in all of sports. Learn the cultural history of the events, personalities and social background that created the opportunity for baseball to emerge as America's greatest pastime.
My Fiction Writing
My collection of short stories, Oh Don't You Cry For Me, was released in 2008 from Jefferson Press with (modest?) critical acclaim. One story was anthologized in Stories from the Blue Moon Café IV and others have appeared in numerous magazines and literary journals.
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SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS For signed first editions of ODYCFM personally inscribed by the author, email me at pshirley@godwin.com for details. I purchased a stack of books from the publisher for personal use to so I can get them to you cheaper. Free shipping for anyone. And libraries can get 25% discounts if you just tell me its for a library. Same for book clubs. If anyone else wants to donate to a library, just say so and I'll throw in a second copy for half price.
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