Author Topic: Annie Proulx - Interviews & Articles  (Read 77319 times)

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Re: Annie Proulx - Interviews & Articles
« Reply #50 on: November 12, 2015, 09:45:53 pm »
haahaha...I'm sure most people would see that as a negative, funny she does just the opposite.


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Re: Annie Proulx - Interviews & Articles
« Reply #51 on: August 22, 2016, 04:15:57 pm »
During her latest interview, Annie Proulx said something I can really relate to:

‘Like many  older women, I have discovered the absolute luxury of living alone, and being master of one’s time – important if you are a writer. Freed  from the tyranny of table and closet, there  is time to observe and think. If one longs for company, there are friends and relatives. Nothing and no one could persuade me to give up voluntary solitude.’

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/exclusive-interview-brokeback-mountain-writer-annie-proulx-on-he/
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« Reply #52 on: August 22, 2016, 04:44:44 pm »
What does she mean by the "tyranny of [the] closet"? Not having to do laundry?  ???
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Re: Annie Proulx - Interviews & Articles
« Reply #53 on: August 22, 2016, 05:30:52 pm »
What does she mean by the "tyranny of [the] closet"? Not having to do laundry?  ???

Perhaps it means having to dress up for others.

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Re: Annie Proulx - Interviews & Articles
« Reply #54 on: August 22, 2016, 07:03:57 pm »
What does she mean by the "tyranny of [the] closet"? Not having to do laundry?  ???

Perhaps it means having to dress up for others.

That would make sense, Paul, a lot more sense than freedom from doing the laundry!  :laugh:

So, then, does "freed from the tyranny of the table" mean she doesn't have to worry about her weight and waistline? 

I was looking at the whole sentence and thinking that the important point was time being her own--because she didn't have to cook for anyone else. That is, in general, older women who find themselves living alone no longer have to cook or wash for other people.
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Re: Annie Proulx - Interviews & Articles
« Reply #55 on: August 22, 2016, 11:37:16 pm »
Perhaps it means having to dress up for others.

Yes, I think so. One of the burdens of being asked out, is that you have to put together an outfit. . .shop, try on, purchase, launder, dry clean, iron, accessorize, etc. etc. It's exhausting!
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Re: Annie Proulx - Interviews & Articles
« Reply #56 on: August 23, 2016, 08:38:43 am »
That is, in general, older women who find themselves living alone no longer have to cook or wash for other people.

Yes, I think that's exactly what she means.

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Re: Annie Proulx - Interviews & Articles
« Reply #57 on: August 23, 2016, 11:29:14 am »
I love living alone!  :)


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Re: Annie Proulx - Interviews & Articles
« Reply #58 on: November 30, 2017, 01:25:33 pm »
"At this year's National Book Award, lifetime-achievement winner Annie Proulx gave a moving reminder to hope for happy endings, even though we live in Kafkaesque times."

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAumjyLTbs0[/youtube]

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Re: Annie Proulx - Interviews & Articles
« Reply #59 on: December 01, 2017, 08:07:11 pm »
thanks for the video, Paul!


Tell him when l come up to him and ask to play the record, l'm gonna say: ''Voulez-vous jouer ce disque?''
'Voulez-vous, will you kiss my dick?'
Will you play my record? One-track mind!