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Nobody Rich or Famous is a triumph! One of the best memoirs I have ever read, written with understated grace and mesmerizing power. Do not miss this shining light of a book. Naomi Shihab Nye, author of Transfer A gritty book, with several unflattering portraits of an alcoholic father, a physically abusive older brother, and the rough-and-tumble life in the 30s and 40s. But there is also the miracle of close observation, of tender feelings, and the poet who grew like an odd flower between the cracks. Michael Hogan, Emeritus Humanities Chair, American School Foundation of Guadalajara Nobody Rich or Famous is a beautiful testament to the power of Richard Shelton s gifts as a writer and human being. Part memoir, part social history, part prose poem, he has made a wise and astute portrait of his family growing up in the hard-rock seams of Idaho. Pampered was not a word known to the Sheltons; ingenuity was. Through his brutal and at times sideways insights, we see the human family more fully. Terry Tempest Williams, author of The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America s National Parks

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Richard Shelton is a poet, author, and Regents Professor emeritus at the University of Arizona. He is the author of eleven books of poetry and the award-winning memoirs Going Back to Bisbee and Crossing the Yard.

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