JR> Don't know when any of these people would be announced, but reading
JR> my Alice Munro and other authors, someone selling nylons in certain
JR> areas at certain times could lead to certain erotic interests. Then
JR> there was the bible salesman in the O'Connor story "A Good Man is
JR> Hard to Find" who stole that woman's wooden leg.
You've mentioned two of my favorites. I grew up in New York City and I 
was always jealous of writers who grew up in isolated rural areas. 
Somehow the characters there were much more interesting to write about. 
I'm not sure why exactly, but I think that there's so much stimulation 
in a big city, that everyone is too busy to delve deeply into themselves 
and come up with those rural idiosyncracies I love to read about.
Barbara
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