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nolabear

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13. The place she grew up black is where I grew up white.

Reply to lunatica (Reply #12)

Mon Sep 10, 2018, 12:42 PM

Sep 2018

Mind you, she’s a lot younger, but our cultures are side by side and intimately connected.

And she can write the birds out of the trees! Do comectell me what you think. I’ve contemplated trying to start a Diversity Book Club here, to discuss and recommend really good books that depict lives in details we never think about. But DU is so argumentative I’m not sure I want to get into it.

Let me know, though!

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William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying [View all] lunatica Sep 2018 OP

Yes, and also desperate and tragic. Faulkner tried to write from the inside. nolabear Sep 2018 #1

Thanks for the recommendations. lunatica Sep 2018 #6

I am ordering her book after reading reviews on it lunatica Sep 2018 #12

The place she grew up black is where I grew up white. nolabear Sep 2018 #13

I will lunatica Sep 2018 #15

That's pretty much where I am. nolabear Sep 2018 #18

On a far funnier note, there's a hotel in Jackson MS nolabear Sep 2018 #2

Or you could have slept under Pylon and flown off to sleep quickly ProudLib72 Sep 2018 #7

Faulkner insights or race, class and gender are still needed and useful. greatlaurel Sep 2018 #3

I'm often reminded of Faulkner's works, especially the Snopes family. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #4

Thank you for this lunatica Sep 2018 #5

I was mainly woolgathering in type. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #10

You put it beautifully. nolabear Sep 2018 #9

Thank you. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #11

I never really thought of it that way ProudLib72 Sep 2018 #8

Another great southern writer also comes to mind when I see his peekaloo Sep 2018 #14

Do you mind giving it a little review? lunatica Sep 2018 #16

It's been a few years since I've read her. peekaloo Sep 2018 #17

Thanks! lunatica Sep 2018 #19

I forgot to mention she wrote short stories. peekaloo Sep 2018 #20