Author Topic: Happy Birthday Annie Proulx! (Read 6777 times)

Shakesthecoffecan · « **on:** August 22, 2007, 09:07:19 am »

Many happy wishes and returns of the day to the woman who started it all: E. Annie Proulx, born this day, 72 years ago!

southendmd · « **Reply #1 on:** August 22, 2007, 09:28:48 am »

Happy Birthday, ol' girl!

MaineWriter · « **Reply #2 on:** August 22, 2007, 10:04:09 am »

Happy birthday, Ms. Proulx! I drive by your high school alma mater every single day!

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Brokeback_Dev · « **Reply #3 on:** August 22, 2007, 10:07:51 am »

Happy Birthday Miss Annie!!!

serious crayons · « **Reply #4 on:** August 22, 2007, 10:19:28 am »

Here are some fun facts from imdb about Annie Proulx. (BTW, I love that she's such a late-bloomer -- bachelor's degree at 34, first novel at 56 -- which gives hope to the rest of us aging underachievers!)

Won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for The Shipping News.

BA, University of Vermont (1969); MA, Sir George Williams University (1973)

Supported herself and three sons by writing how-to books. Published her first novel, Postcards (1992), when she was 56.

Surname pronounced "Proo."

Her short story "Brokeback Mountain," which contains a character who is killed in a Wyoming gay-bashing, was published in The New Yorker in 1997, almost exactly one year before the real-life murder of gay Wyoming man Matthew Shepard. Proulx, who lived close to where Shepard was beaten, was called to but not selected for jury duty for the trial of Shepard's murders. (Wow! I hadn't heard that one before. Guess she might have had a little trouble getting past the voir dire, hunh?)

Attended (but did not graduate from) Colby College in Waterville, Maine.

Front-Ranger · « **Reply #5 on:** August 22, 2007, 11:10:46 am »

August 22? Maybe that explains why the snow came in mid-August and "whatever happened to August."

And the 22 somehow fits too.

Happy birthday, Annie!!

Jeff Wrangler · « **Reply #6 on:** August 22, 2007, 01:56:26 pm »

God bless her! Many happy returns! Yeehaw!

Penthesilea · « **Reply #7 on:** August 22, 2007, 03:38:22 pm »

Happy Birthday Mrs. Proulx!

Brown Eyes · « **Reply #8 on:** August 22, 2007, 08:40:38 pm »

Quote from: ineedcrayons on August 22, 2007, 10:19:28 am

Here are some fun facts from imdb about Annie Proulx. (BTW, I love that she's such a late-bloomer -- bachelor's degree at 34, first novel at 56 -- which gives hope to the rest of us aging underachievers!)

Won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for The Shipping News.

BA, University of Vermont (1969); MA, Sir George Williams University (1973)

Supported herself and three sons by writing how-to books. Published her first novel, Postcards (1992), when she was 56.

Surname pronounced "Proo."

Her short story "Brokeback Mountain," which contains a character who is killed in a Wyoming gay-bashing, was published in The New Yorker in 1997, almost exactly one year before the real-life murder of gay Wyoming man Matthew Shepard. Proulx, who lived close to where Shepard was beaten, was called to but not selected for jury duty for the trial of Shepard's murders. (Wow! I hadn't heard that one before. Guess she might have had a little trouble getting past the voir dire, hunh?)

Attended (but did not graduate from) Colby College in Waterville, Maine.

Hey there Bud!

Great idea to post these interesting tidbits about Annie. I agree that it's neat to realize that she's a "late-bloomer".

It's interesting that the imdb entry spends so much time comparing Brokeback to the Matthew Shepherd case (which of course is understandable). The info about the jury selection is interesting and something I'd never heard before. When they talk about "a Wyoming gay-bashing"... I presume they're talking about Earl? We all know that Jack died in Texas so the connection between Wyoming and violence (or the suggestion of violence) is not so direct in his case.

BBM-Cat · « **Reply #9 on:** August 22, 2007, 10:12:35 pm »

Sure would be cool if we could actually send our birthday greetings to her!

Ellemeno · « **Reply #10 on:** August 22, 2007, 10:30:25 pm »

Quote from: ineedcrayons on August 22, 2007, 10:19:28 am

which gives hope to the rest of us aging underachievers!)

Oh geez, now after a lifetime of being an underachiever, I get to be an aging underachiever. $:-\$ It's cause a you I'm like this, Annie!!

serious crayons · « **Reply #11 on:** August 22, 2007, 10:48:46 pm »

Quote from: Ellemeno on August 22, 2007, 10:30:25 pm

Oh geez, now after a lifetime of being an underachiever, I get to be an aging underachiever. $:-\$ It's cause a you I'm like this, Annie!!

Now, now. You don't have to worry about bein nothin and nowhere until you're 49.

But good point. Literally, it is cause a Annie I'm like this (well, at least partly

$:-\$ ).

Shakesthecoffecan · « **Reply #12 on:** August 22, 2007, 11:09:03 pm »

aw jezus, if I lernt anything from this experence it is how luck I am to be who I am, nobody, nowhere. I am as happy as a big in a rug.

Ellemeno · « **Reply #13 on:** August 22, 2007, 11:36:56 pm »

{{{ineedshakesthecrayons}}}

Penthesilea · « **Reply #14 on:** August 23, 2007, 02:15:27 am »

Quote from: atz75 on August 22, 2007, 08:40:38 pm

The info about the jury selection is interesting and something I'd never heard before.

Me neither.

Small world moment: I read about the jury selection in Katherine's post, then went googling pics of Annie. I stumbled over an article in a German magazine - and bang - there they mentioned the same piece of information. I've never heard it before, than read it twice in five minutes

.

I find it a bit hard to believe though. Bit much of an coincidence, isn't it? On the other side, there are people (right here on our board

) who think there's no such thing as coincidence.... *shrugs*

serious crayons · « **Reply #15 on:** August 23, 2007, 02:33:21 am »

Quote from: Penthesilea on August 23, 2007, 02:15:27 am

I find it a bit hard to believe though. Bit much of an coincidence, isn't it?

I know, it has an air about it of urban legend ... or I guess in this case, rural legend.

Jeff Wrangler · « **Reply #16 on:** August 23, 2007, 09:15:00 pm »

Quote from: atz75 on August 22, 2007, 08:40:38 pm

When they talk about "a Wyoming gay-bashing"... I presume they're talking about Earl? We all know that Jack died in Texas so the connection between Wyoming and violence (or the suggestion of violence) is not so direct in his case.

Huhn. I'd bet the reference is to Jack. These "fun facts" things are so superficial I'd bet my Saturday night drinkin' money that whoever put these facts together on Annie Proulx probably never even read the story.

Jeff Wrangler · « **Reply #17 on:** August 23, 2007, 09:16:37 pm »

Quote from: ineedcrayons on August 22, 2007, 10:48:46 pm

Now, now. You don't have to worry about bein nothin and nowhere until you're 49.

Gee, thanks Katherine. ...

Front-Ranger · « **Reply #18 on:** August 26, 2007, 06:23:16 pm »

According to my book The Secret Language of Birthdays which friend Adrian the horsewrangler gave me, August 22 is the Day of Seasoned Experience. "Those born on August 22, no matter how far they pursue imaginative, fanciful and creative pursuits, never lose track of the experience which they have culled from the most common of tasks and daily activities. . . Those born on this day despise pretension and pity those who bring themselves or others into jeopardy through hubris or overconfidence. Building on a secure knowledge of the world and how it works, August 22 people proceed logically whether they remain on the physicall plane or deal in abstract concepts and sophisticated knowledge.

It sounds like her!!

Toast · « **Reply #19 on:** August 26, 2007, 11:30:14 pm »

Quote from: Front-Ranger on August 26, 2007, 06:23:16 pm

.... August 22 is the Day of Seasoned Experience.

...............

It sounds like her!!

Well said Lee

Happy Birthday Annie

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Author Topic: Happy Birthday Annie Proulx! (Read 6777 times)