tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post3990782525149873839..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: Hawk of the LightElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-79819927568093921252009-06-18T20:28:52.450-07:002009-06-18T20:28:52.450-07:00Beth -- thanks for the heads up on that book AND t...Beth -- thanks for the heads up on that book AND the excerpt which I LOVE!<br /><br />Michele Renee -- I lived in Atlanta from age 10 through high school -- but my parents are still there! Where are you from in LA?<br /><br />Renee -- She did have lupus and died in her late thirties. I am sorry to hear that your daughter has it -- I have a friend who has it as well, and I know how difficult it can be.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-4122982378485526252009-06-18T09:04:26.316-07:002009-06-18T09:04:26.316-07:00She was a prolific letter writer, too. A collectio...She was a prolific letter writer, too. A collection of them is gathered in a (big) book called "The Habit of Being." The letters are a fascinating adjunct to her stories, especially her interaction with Rhinehart and Harcourt Brace publishing houses. Here's a classic excerpt to her agent concerning the time she switched from Rhinehart to Harcourt: "The criticism (from John Selby at Rhinehart) is vague and really tells me nothing except that they don't like it. I feel the objections they raise are connected with its virtues, and the thought of working with them specifically to correct these lacks they mention is repulsive to me. The letter is addressed to a slightly dim-witted Camp Fire Girl, and I cannot look with composure on getting a lifetime of others like them. . ." Great stuff.Beth W.http://www.switchedatbirth.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-59918067528557531192009-06-16T18:27:22.871-07:002009-06-16T18:27:22.871-07:00Dark and weird? My kinda spiritual writer.Dark and weird? My kinda spiritual writer.Woman in a Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747858840088922077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-73439898964322736562009-06-16T17:39:08.851-07:002009-06-16T17:39:08.851-07:00elizabeth I think that she had lupus. My oldest d...elizabeth I think that she had lupus. My oldest daughter Angelique has lupus.<br /><br />xoxoReneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11785932958464359112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-9741127936919931582009-06-16T13:09:38.892-07:002009-06-16T13:09:38.892-07:00She's amazing.She's amazing.Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-3434998416860095472009-06-16T12:53:03.302-07:002009-06-16T12:53:03.302-07:00Wait, you grew up in GA? I grew up in Los Angeles...Wait, you grew up in GA? I grew up in Los Angeles.Michele Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17030846420862437581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-76501258280297853702009-06-15T21:02:48.217-07:002009-06-15T21:02:48.217-07:00I wouldn't say ignorant, but a well-read, educ...I wouldn't say ignorant, but a well-read, educated person should read some Flannery O'Connor. She is truly one of the greatest American writers -- very dark and weird and spiritual but brilliant. I highly recommend it. And I'm a born damn Yankee, thank God!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-56352794576966372302009-06-15T21:00:22.376-07:002009-06-15T21:00:22.376-07:00If I've never read anything of hers, does it m...If I've never read anything of hers, does it mean I'm ignorant? Or just a damn Yankee? =)Gbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895779471612397202noreply@blogger.com