George Looms

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George Looms

1886–1926

A novelist and poet of the American South, he wrote with a sharp eye for ordinary lives and the rough edges of rural experience. His best-known work, Stubble, helped build his reputation before his life was cut short in 1926.

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Stubble

Stubble

by George Looms

About the author

Born on November 22, 1886, George Looms was an American writer remembered for the novel Stubble. Library and catalog records consistently identify him as the book's author and place his life between 1886 and 1926.

Although detailed biographical information is limited in the sources available here, his work is associated with early twentieth-century American fiction and a plainspoken, observant style. Stubble remains the title most closely linked with his name.

Looms died on December 24, 1926. Because surviving public information appears sparse, much of his life is less documented than his published work, which gives his writing an added sense of discovery for modern readers.