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In the New Yorker...
Jeff Wrangler:
I thought this holiday I might catch up on my magazines; I brought two issues along with me to my dad's. Instead all I've read has been the latest Longmire novel.
Front-Ranger:
I was reading about the biography of Elizabeth Hardwick in the November 22 issue, where it says she grew up in the South, and later it pinpoints her origin to around Lexington, Kentucky. I don't think of that as the South, do you? It is only 50 miles south of Cincinnati, Ohio.
The article also insinuates that she follows the traditions of Southern writers. Well, from the examples mentioned, she does use a style similar to Faulkner, verbose, with many adjectives. What else characterizes Southern writing? Has anyone read her work?
I enjoyed the review and also the one by Jill Lepore of a book about weeks and the history of the calendar. Native Americans had 13 months in a year, corresponding to the phases of the moon. That way each of the months is 28 days, bringing more consistency. I haven't read the review of a new biography of H. G. Wells yet.
The profile of new operatic singer Dav?ne Tines was thrilling, and, with my interest in genealogy, I ate up the article about its use in forensics. The profile of Kristen Stewart, the "Twilight" actress, was surprisngly interesting.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on November 27, 2021, 02:25:50 pm ---I was reading about the biography of Elizabeth Hardwick in the November 22 issue, where it says she grew up in the South, and later it pinpoints her origin to around Lexington, Kentucky. I don't think of that as the South, do you? It is only 50 miles south of Cincinnati, Ohio.
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I do think of Kentucky as the South. Not the Deep South, though.
--- Quote ---The article also insinuates that she follows the traditions of Southern writers. Well, from the examples mentioned, she does use a style similar to Faulkner, verbose, with many adjectives. What else characterizes Southern writing?
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I think of Faulkner as dense, familial and kind of Gothic. When I read The Sound and the Fury I had the Cliff Notes at my elbow. The only other time I've used them is when reading Hamlet.
So there's also Flannery O'Connor, Tennessee Williams, Zora Neale Hurston, Truman Capote, Harper Lee, Eudora Welty, Walker Percy, Robert Penn Warren ...
--- Quote ---Has anyone read her work?
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Not me.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on November 27, 2021, 10:40:56 pm ---I do think of Kentucky as the South. Not the Deep South, though.
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I do, too.
--- Quote ---So there's also Flannery O'Connor, Tennessee Williams, Zora Neale Hurston, Truman Capote, Harper Lee, Eudora Welty, Walker Percy, Robert Penn Warren ...
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Margaret Mitchell. ...
Harper Lee and Truman Capote were the answer/question for Final Jeopardy recently.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on November 28, 2021, 07:07:54 pm ---I do, too.
Margaret Mitchell. ...
Harper Lee and Truman Capote were the answer/question for Final Jeopardy recently.
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I bet I can imagine the answer/question. Something about how they lived near each other, one was the basis for a character in the other's book, they were friends into adulthood and she accompanied him to do the reporting for In Cold Blood.
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