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Monday, October 27, 2008
Tony Hillerman
It is sad news that Tony Hillerman died yesterday. He was 83. I got to know Navajo police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee through his mystery novels set primarily in New Mexico. This is his obituary in the New York Times.
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big huge bummer...He was one of my college advisors I talked to him almost every day for three years...he told me one of my most often repeated quotes - I was complaining about the progress of the college magazine that I was editor of and he told me "remember, the fringe is always wider than the carpet"....
How neat that you knew him! I like that quote. I'm glad he was around as long as he was.
Hillerman is/was one of my literary heroes. I had family from Chinley and Espanola. His writing always stayed true both to the people and to "the people".
Wondered if he was connected to the Native American you and I discussed some years back?
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