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Declined by Phuzion 6 months ago. Last edited by Explicit 14 days ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Submission declined on 27 February 2023 by Modussiccandi (talk).

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Comment: Most of the sources used appear to have close ties to the subject of the article. Phuzion (talk) 18:49, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Don Noble is a literature professor emeritus at the University of Alabama who hosts the Bookmark with Don Noble show on Alabama Public Television and presents a weekly book review on Alabama Public Radio. His public television show first aired in 1988. He has been doing weekly book reviews on the radio since 2001. He has edited four anthologies of Alabama fiction.^[1]

He is a native of New York. He moved to Alabama in 1969 to teach English at the University of Alabama.^[2] His Bookmark show features discussions with guests.^[3] He has interviewed various Alabama authors including Winston Groom, Rick Bragg, Fannie Flagg and Sena Jeter Naslund. In 2017 he received an Arts Award from the governor of Alabama.^[2]

Alabama Living Magazine published an interview of him in July 2019.^[4]

References[edit]

^ "Don Noble". Alabama Public Radio.
^ ^a ^b "APR's 'Bookmark' Host Named Winner of Governor's Arts Award – University of Alabama News | The University of Alabama". 16 May 2017.
^ "The Bookmark | PBS" – via www.pbs.org.
^ "Alabama People: Don Noble - Alabama Living Magazine". alabamaliving.coop. 29 July 2019.

[1] "Don Noble". Alabama Public Radio.

[ny-2] "APR's 'Bookmark' Host Named Winner of Governor's Arts Award – University of Alabama News | The University of Alabama". 16 May 2017.

[3] "The Bookmark | PBS" – via www.pbs.org.

[4] "Alabama People: Don Noble - Alabama Living Magazine". alabamaliving.coop. 29 July 2019.

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