Category Archives: LITERATURE

LITERATURE: Glimmertrain

Posted on July 14, 2005 by susan

Done with Glimmertrain Issue #44, and found a wonderful, wonderful piece by Mary Relindes Ellis called "A Dirty Woman."  It is the best in the issue as far as I am concerned, and the one that stands out for its … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Help Readers Learn to Read

Posted on July 14, 2005 by Susan

How appropriate that this comes along just as I have been posting lately on how to read literature.  Well, that will continue and with the proper scholarly input as suggested, but for now, there is another way we can help … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Meaning

Posted on July 14, 2005 by Susan

"Perhaps we should consider the problem of canes. You know, sometimes a cane is just a cane."               (S. Ersinghaus, 7/13/05) Damn.  Here it is, four o’clock in the morning, I am sitting in the dark of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: McCarthy & Parker

Posted on July 13, 2005 by susan

Good grief, do I miss phenomenal writing!  Yes, I suppose I must admit that the classics don’t become that without good reason.  I’m plodding my way through short story lit journals that shall remain nameless for now (after all, I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Reading

Posted on July 13, 2005 by Susan

"I think reading should be a hard job and readers should take it as seriously as they can." S. Ersinghaus, in a comment to the post, "But I Meant…" Well said.  Although I might compromise a bit on the should, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Glimmertrain #44

Posted on July 10, 2005 by susan

While I realize I’m coming down off a McCarthy and Parker high, and I knew that withdrawal would be hard, I’m really missing the jolt of a well turned phrase.  This issue has major contest winners, and some pretty credentialed … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Reading

Posted on July 10, 2005 by Susan

I have started in on my Glimmertrain backlog for the short-story fiction part of my journey, and will try to catch up a bit through a few issues before I switch to one of the other anthologies on my hearth.  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Suttree in Afterglow

Posted on July 9, 2005 by susan

The morning has me still thinking about him, and as I go my morning rounds along the web, I find another mention of him, on The Great Lettuce Head–he who started me on the McCarthy’s path.  And a comment on … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Suttree’s Resolution

Posted on July 8, 2005 by susan

One point was made at the Wesleyan conference that I hadn’t considered:  That the necessary change as a result of the event or series of events is not necessarily one that takes place within the protagonist, but in fact, may … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Suttree’s Climax

Posted on July 8, 2005 by susan

Thirteen pages to go and McCarthy is whipping us up into a Godalmighty climax that should leave us exhausted. Drugs, good or bad, would be hardpressed to produce worse nightmares than those in Suttree’s head.  Methinks McCarthy had a helluva … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Suttree

Posted on July 8, 2005 by susan

Uh-oh.  I am down to the last thirty pages, drawing it out as long as I can, unwilling to let go.  McCarthy is disposing of his characters, one by one.  You knew this is where they’d go, where their lives … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Suttree

Posted on July 7, 2005 by susan

I’m sorry, but Suttree is just one of those books you just have to share… Leonard’s just out of the workhouse where he spent some time when they found out about his father.  Yep, the old man surfaced, dragging his … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Suttree

Posted on July 7, 2005 by susan

Your protagonist must make the reader feel sympathetic they say.  There is no doubt that I feel something for Bud Suttree.  I stood by him all the way, watched him get drunk and saw him safely home.  Went along with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: McCarthy/Parker – A Link

Posted on July 6, 2005 by susan

First off, this is Spinning post number 2001.  Neat eh?   Or is it time to shut up? But not before I share this, a technique I found Dorothy Parker exercised in "The Lovely Leave" that of the fuchsia plant the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Reading

Posted on July 6, 2005 by Susan

Though I won’t truly be free for another three weeks (Bless Jesus! Say Hallelujah!) I am trying to decide on my next selections for reading.  I’m sadly close to the ending of Suttree, and will just go through and finish … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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