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