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Nominate Annie Proulx for the Nobel Prize?
Shakesthecoffecan:
--- Quote from: nakymaton on December 10, 2006, 01:37:44 pm --- Jeff Mann, the Virginia Tech professor who wrote that really moving piece about going to see BBM for the first time, might also know some good departments to start with.
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Holy Mole, I had been hoping to have an opportunity to contact him.
Lynne:
--- Quote from: shakestheground on December 11, 2006, 03:07:53 pm ---Holy Mole, I had been hoping to have an opportunity to contact him.
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Well, there you have it, shakes! Let me know what I can do to help.
This is a worthwhile pursuit for three reasons I can think of off the top of my head:
1) It might actually work!
2) If it doesn't work, many influential literary scholars/professors will be exposed to Annie's work who otherwise may be unaware; if they feel a passion for her work also, undoubtedly they will pass that passion to future generations through their own work.
3) It is a way to tangibly demonstrate to Annie the influence she has had on so many and our love and devotion to her.
Katie77:
Come on........A Nobel Prize.....you have to be kidding.......
Below is a copy of a post and my reply in the thread about "back stories".......
Annie doesnt need a Nobel Prize, she needs a word processor to complete her story, not rely on everyone else to complete it for her.......
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Quote from: Front-Ranger on Today at 04:56:13 am
So, we need a lot more backstories to flesh out the short story, since Annie didn't write a novel. How did Ennis come to know Alma, for instance, and what role did their siblings play in all that? Why was Lureen so hot for Jack that night? Whatever happened to the little boy with glasses at the fireworks display? What diid the Basque do during the off-season? Where did the jolly preacher end up after he kissed the brides once too often? What happened when the older guy got up the courage to go talk to one of the pool players? How did the lady get all those tattoos? Where were Trudy and Elizabeth going anyway? Who did Troy finally hook up with? What about all those cowboys who went to Denver?
Below is my response to this thread
These, and a thousand other questions and answers that never got explained in the story.......
I know I have hit this subject many times before, about the writing abilities of Annie Proulx......my opinion is, and has always been, that she failed.....all she could manage to accomplish was a "draft" of a story, not a complete story....I wish she had given that "draft" to a real author to be completed as it deserved to be completed.........
Front-Ranger:
You would post this in TWO PLACES?? ::) ??? :o :D Okay, then, please let me know what author you do think is a success and should be nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. I definitely want to read this person's work.
Katie77:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 13, 2006, 04:43:41 pm ---You would post this in TWO PLACES?? ::) ??? :o :D Okay, then, please let me know what author you do think is a success and should be nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. I definitely want to read this person's work.
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Like i said in the other thread, I do not have any "superior intellect"....but I do think I am "realistic"......
If I were laying bets, I wouldnt be putting any money on Annie....
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