You'll find the letters are rather more chaste and philosophical than ardent. The infamous consequence of their relationship for Peter Abelard doesn't get much play in the letters. Or at least, it used to be infamous. Lots of these old iconic stories are getting buried under the onslaught of contemporary media.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 22:13 (six years ago) link
I know about it cos it was in The Sopranos :)
― Number None, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 22:43 (six years ago) link
the sexy version is rousseau's julie
― adam, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 15:35 (six years ago) link
Eudora Welty: The Ponder Heart -- objectively this is pretty good, but not sure that my own tolerance for the endless blather of a folksy racist hasn't been exceeded by p35
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Thursday, 22 March 2018 00:04 (six years ago) link
I felt the same way - I pressed on and was pleased I did but I haven’t gone back to Welty.
― Tim, Thursday, 22 March 2018 06:48 (six years ago) link
Haven't read the novels or novellas, but much enjoyed what I've read in The Collected Stories(1982 edition); reliable sources have encouraged me to read One Writer's Beginnings and On Writing, also collection of correspondence w William Maxwell, ditto Kenneth Millar AKA Ross MacDonald (reliables have also endorsed the longer fiction, but I may not get to any that, or any more of hers). Oh and I liked a collection of her photography and an exhibition of same, with some pix not in the book, but related to stories, views of the Natchez Trace etc.
― dow, Thursday, 22 March 2018 19:17 (six years ago) link
Her short stories and photos are definitely great. I think I just have an allergy to the sort of Southern whimsy 'Ponder Heart' is strong in.
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Thursday, 22 March 2018 23:58 (six years ago) link
I love this photo she took of Katherine Anne Porter, who i also read some of and loved recently
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/18/1c/1b/181c1b769f2ccd3beaf658448bea8660.jpg
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Thursday, 22 March 2018 23:59 (six years ago) link
Wow. Reminds me: where should I start with her writing?
― dow, Friday, 23 March 2018 02:36 (six years ago) link
'Pale Horse, Pale Rider' is a set of 3 novellas you can't go wrong with. The last one is set during the outbreak of the 1918 'Spanish' flu.
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Friday, 23 March 2018 02:58 (six years ago) link
New thread: 2018 Springtime For ILB: My Huggles. What Are You Reading Now?
― Leslie “POLLS” Hartley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 March 2018 11:18 (six years ago) link