tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post8880110734423029805..comments2024-03-27T17:34:52.560-05:00Comments on A Garden Carried in the Pocket: Hey, Maggie!jenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post-60776294459376176942007-07-19T21:27:00.000-05:002007-07-19T21:27:00.000-05:00bookfool - Her letters make me wish I had known he...bookfool - Her letters make me wish I had known her, too! She was an original.jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post-9803520239767960872007-07-19T20:34:00.000-05:002007-07-19T20:34:00.000-05:00Well, I'm just going to have to give her a try in ...Well, I'm just going to have to give her a try in order to figure out what "Southern Grotesque with a twist of lime" entails. After reading quotes about ruffled curtains that ruin prose, writers who should have been stifled, dread diseases and freak identification, I'm raring to go. But, I have to wait till it cools off a bit. My favorite quote is that "Ah jus writes" bit. It makes me wish I'd known her. :)Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post-3173380112527641522007-07-19T08:12:00.000-05:002007-07-19T08:12:00.000-05:00Bookfool - I've never read anything quite like Fla...Bookfool - I've never read anything quite like Flannery O'Connor's fiction; she is really in a class by herself. Her fiction is Southern Grotesque with a twist of lime! She can't be overlooked or forgotten.<BR/><BR/>Kim - I've been reading the letters (slowly) for months now, always coming back for more. I don't think email will ever be the same as snail mail, but it would provide another unique look at an author's thoughts.<BR/><BR/>Bybee - Yep, mine is paperback...huge, but paperback. <BR/><BR/>Maggie - She is so funny and light...not a bit of what I was expecting. <BR/><BR/><I>Lord, Save Maggie and her crew from any wayward O'Connor characters, especially those in gorilla suits and any with or without wooden legs. New York is scary enuff for us poor backwoods rednecks from Louisiana and Mississippi.</I><BR/><BR/>Have a good trip, Maggie!<BR/><BR/>Carl - Flannery is both comfortable and entertaining in her letters, even if she is not comfortable in her fiction.jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post-77023244004659089482007-07-19T00:31:00.000-05:002007-07-19T00:31:00.000-05:00If those quotes are any example, the writing looks...If those quotes are any example, the writing looks like it would be very entertaining!Carl V. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948764216438379394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post-19019248354276904622007-07-19T00:03:00.000-05:002007-07-19T00:03:00.000-05:00Stop messin' wid me! ;D I was rolling on the flo...Stop messin' wid me! ;D <BR/><BR/>I was rolling on the floor with, "Ah jus writes." <BR/><BR/>Thanks <I>JenClair</I>, the letters just sound so fascinating and I'm inspired to read the book and her stories in chronological order. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and we are takin' an extree suitcase to New York, Friday, 'casen we meet a real live Hulga. Bah!maggie moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462439415973311990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post-63016675760545258082007-07-18T22:47:00.000-05:002007-07-18T22:47:00.000-05:00Wow, what great letters. Is this out in paperback...Wow, what great letters. Is this out in paperback?<BR/><BR/>Now I'm kind of pissed at myself for not including a Flannery O'Connor story in my favorite short story list. I did go through an O'Connor phase.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post-92216028372551538252007-07-18T20:48:00.000-05:002007-07-18T20:48:00.000-05:00Those sound great! I wonder if, years from now, p...Those sound great! I wonder if, years from now, people will read author's emails with the same window into the life of the person behind the book view that old collections of letters have provided for past authors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post-79165746703320208232007-07-18T20:32:00.000-05:002007-07-18T20:32:00.000-05:00Wow, the letters sound fun. I've just recently pu...Wow, the letters sound fun. I've just recently purchased some Flannery O'Connor on the basis of being in the South and thinking it's just not right to overlook her entirely. Now, you've got me a little nervous with the remarks about her writing being disturbing; but, I was going to save her for winter, anyway. :)Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.com