Brown also said that he wrote hundreds of short stories before he began to be published.

Brown had also cited contemporary music as an influence, and his tastes were broad. He appeared with the Texas alt-rock band fronted by Alejandro Escovedo, a good friend of his. Brown cited the lyrics of Leonard Cohen as an influence. He had friends in the film industry, including Billy Bob Thornton.

Personal life and death

Brown died of an apparent heart attack at his home in the Yocona community, near Oxford, in November 2004.

Brown was survived by his wife Mary Annie Coleman Brown, and three children: Billy Ray (son), Shane (son), and LeAnne (daughter). Brown was also survived by his mother (Leona Barlow Brown) and two grandchildren. His father (Knox Brown) died in 1968.

Selected bibliography

;Fiction

  • Facing the Music (1988) – short stories
  • Dirty Work (1989) – novel
  • Big Bad Love (1990) – short stories
  • Joe (1991) – novel
  • Father and Son (1996) – novel
  • Fay (2000) – novel
  • The Rabbit Factory (2003) – novel
  • A Miracle of Catfish (2007) – novel
  • Tiny Love: The Complete Stories of Larry Brown (2019) - short stories

;Nonfiction

  • On Fire (1993) – memoir
  • Billy Ray's Farm: Essays from a Place Called Tula (2001) - essays

Further reading

  • Jean W. Cash, Larry Brown: A Writer’s Life (Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2011)
  • Jean W. Cash and Keith Perry, eds., Larry Brown and the Blue-Collar South (Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2008)

References

  • Larry Brown at The Mississippi Writer's Page
  • Larry Brown Collection (MUM00051), The University of Mississippi Department of Archives and Special Collections
  • Larry Brown's page at The Mississippi Writers and Musicians Project at Starkville High School
  • The Rough South of Larry Brown, Internet Movie Database(2002)