He longed for the West, for Southern California and palm trees
and the seaweed smell of the ocean. Minnesota had always been
unlucky for him. “You can’t go home again,” he told himself.
—Buck Root, The Altar of the Body

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• About Duff Brenna
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• Books Written by Duff Brenna
  • The Altar of the Body
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    • Reviews
  • The Book of Mamie
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  • The Holy Book of the Beard
    • Excerpts
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  • The Law of Falling Bodies
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  • The Willow Man
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  • Too Cool
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  • David Poe, Thomas E. Kennedy, Michael Lee, and Duff Brenna
    (at 2007 AWP conference in Atlanta, Georgia)
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  • Duff Brenna and Robert Gover
    (at 2007 AWP conference in Atlanta, Georgia)
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  • Duff Brenna and Thomas E. Kennedy
    (at 2007 AWP conference in Atlanta, Georgia)
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  • Duff Reads From His Work
    (at Grossmont College, San Diego, California, in 2006)
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  • Duff Reads From The Book of Mamie
    (in Baker City, Oregon, in June 2006)
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  • Duff at Davy Byrnes Pub in Dublin, Ireland
    (during The Willow Man book tour in 2006)
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  • Duff Gets His Wings
    (as a paratrooper with the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne)
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  • Duff Still Has the Right Stuff
    (skydiving forty years later, in January 2007)
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  • Duff Suits Up
    (in skydiving gear, before the jump in January 2007)
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  • Duff With Sky and Water
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  • “Three Hoods”
    (fellas behind the shades: Duff Brenna, Lance Olsen, and Thomas E. Kennedy)
    

• Excerpts
  • The Altar of the Body
  • The Book of Mamie
  • The Holy Book of the Beard
  • The Law of Falling Bodies
  • The Willow Man
  • Too Cool

• Reviews
  • The Altar of the Body
  • The Book of Mamie
  • The Holy Book of the Beard
  • The Law of Falling Bodies
  • The Willow Man
  • Too Cool

• Short Works
  • Essays
    • Friendly Fire
    • From Car Thief to Author: A Journey
    • On the Road to Rejection: A Tale of a California Book Tour
    • The Secret Altar
    • What I Would Tell My Student Writers
  • Interviews
    • Duff Brenna, Interviewed by Derek Alger
    • It’s Not a Choice, It’s a Calling
    • Thanks to Lady Fortune, There’s Always an Upside
  • Stories
    • Jealousy and Doubt

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