tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post3588900544799665014..comments2024-03-28T22:21:46.973-07:00Comments on Tossing It Out: Sparkfest! Part 3Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-65669393090110872072011-09-02T14:16:17.624-07:002011-09-02T14:16:17.624-07:00I hadn't read O'Connor until earlier this ...I hadn't read O'Connor until earlier this year (don't know how that happened!), and loved her writing, especially the short stories. As far as Southern Lit as a genre goes, it's like anything else--some good, some bad, some amazing. The sense of place always comes across easily in Southern Lit, and I really like that. For quick reads I like straight-to-the-point type books, but for true enjoyment, I like the more subtle. Great post! Happy trails from a Campaigner!Jeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16533424312167293180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-12669320638503264402011-09-01T14:54:36.591-07:002011-09-01T14:54:36.591-07:00I absolutely adore Flannery O'Connor. The sum...I absolutely adore Flannery O'Connor. The summer before my senior year of college, when i would tackle my senior writing project--a book-length collection of short stories--I read her complete works. <br /><br />My favorites, "Good Country People" and "Revelation." I can still hear that girl in the waiting room (Mary?) saying, "Go back to hell where you came from, you old warthog!"Augusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05327497007604732176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-73513428588158494732011-08-27T19:54:06.084-07:002011-08-27T19:54:06.084-07:00I know you've written about Flannery O'Con...I know you've written about Flannery O'Connor before. I like the idea of a "Southern Gothic version of the Twilight Zone." I am a fan of Tennessee Williams and love doing my Blanche DuBois impression, even if no one else does! JulieEmpty Nest Insiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10074223969046687064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-16175325165114814392011-08-27T01:10:37.575-07:002011-08-27T01:10:37.575-07:00I thought your post interesting to read, I have no...I thought your post interesting to read, I have not read any southern books, but I do try to read as often as possible.<br />Hope you're enjoying your vacation.<br /><br />Yvonne.RHYTHM AND RHYMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11386975261804630799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-57453803711913733892011-08-26T15:00:01.501-07:002011-08-26T15:00:01.501-07:00Lee-
I don't know if I can think of an author...Lee-<br /><br />I don't know if I can think of an author who changed my world view (certainly not a fiction author), but I've read a few on Ron Paul's books and one by Alan Keyes, and they both have certainly given me a lot to think about and made me rethink how I view the current state of the US.<br /><br />Hey, if you think of it, can you e-mail me with your mailing address? I have an extra copy of my cousin's jazz CD (reviewed on my blog in early July) and if you were interested, I was going to send you one.<br /><br />My attempt to give away CD's failed miserably-people were not coming back to check their comments so no one responded. Or they thought I was a creepy guy trying to lure them out in the open with the promise of free music.<br /><br />I thought you might enjoy this, and since you already know my mail is safe to open...<br /><br />LarryDiscConnectedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07013919800637508392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-52728758071869657712011-08-26T13:39:13.186-07:002011-08-26T13:39:13.186-07:00BOIDMAN ~
OKie-dokie. Thanks, dudecycle.
Yak When...BOIDMAN ~<br />OKie-dokie. Thanks, dudecycle.<br /><br />Yak When Bak.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogg<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-63484559168350805702011-08-26T11:18:23.797-07:002011-08-26T11:18:23.797-07:00Madeleine -- I try to read a wide variety of liter...Madeleine -- I try to read a wide variety of literature.<br /><br />Laura -- I believe that all writers try to convey some message even if the writing seems to be pure fluff. Message is one of the main functions of writing, but it doesn't always have to be deep and shouldn't be too in the reader's face.<br /><br />Suze -- Thanks, I hope to have as great of a weekend as the week that has just passed. I agree that the graceful approach is the best. It's good to allow a reader to reach their own conclusions and not just be knocked over the head with propagandizing. <br /><br />Alex -- I guess the message of good triumphing over evil is one of the most common themes in literature.<br /><br />Stephen McC -- When I get back home I'll try to address your question. I think it was pretty simple, but I'll have to look again to see what I did and I can't now.<br /><br />LeeArlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-35001280457720076432011-08-26T09:57:38.440-07:002011-08-26T09:57:38.440-07:00BOID ~
I've had a couple readers of 'Ferre...BOID ~<br />I've had a couple readers of 'Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends' ask me to include a way to link my posts there to Twitter and Facebook, etc. I tried but couldn't figure out how to do that.<br /><br />I see by the little row of symbols at the bottom of each of your blog bits that you've learned how to do it.<br /><br />Would you teach me?<br />Thanks, McBrother!<br /><br />~ D-FensDogg<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-79972434019927036692011-08-26T09:33:49.212-07:002011-08-26T09:33:49.212-07:00I don't believe I've read much Southern li...I don't believe I've read much Southern literature. And outside of good triumphing over evil, I don't need a message in my books.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-34305584567232782482011-08-26T07:35:31.358-07:002011-08-26T07:35:31.358-07:00Lee, what a fantastic post. So much to chew on, he...Lee, what a fantastic post. So much to chew on, here.<br /><br />'I began to see that there was a place for literature that dealt with Christian issues without being overtly Christian literature.'<br /><br />I have been a Christian all of my life but always with a sense of cultural displacement. My very progressively-minded Catholic cousin has plied me with literature since we were both in college and O'Connor was certainly among the authors about which he tried to engage me.<br /><br />Yes, certainly, I think stories should stimulate thinking, and feeling, about the wider issues of life and individual and collective development, but true, too, that people don't read novels to get sermons.<br /><br />Such a delicate tightrope-- and one which I suppose can only be managed with grace.<br /><br />Have a super weekend, Lee.Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-46142581193334723652011-08-26T05:48:42.126-07:002011-08-26T05:48:42.126-07:00I enjoy Southern literature. A couple of my favori...I enjoy Southern literature. A couple of my favorite novels take place in the South. I don't think fiction should always have to contain a message; sometimes reading fluff is fun (and necessary, depending what your day was like LoL). But I do prefer a great story that makes me think and wonder. I like underlying messages so I can come to my own conclusions!Laura S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13934230198562773803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-87408520277204955072011-08-26T05:44:50.503-07:002011-08-26T05:44:50.503-07:00I agree 'hidden layers and subtleties' are...I agree 'hidden layers and subtleties' are a must! Sounds like you had a rich background of book reading to inpsire you. Great entry Lee :O)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com