Comments on: Giving Eudora Welty A Second Chance

By: Penny

Penny — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 23:08:49 +0000

“Memory lives not in initial possession, but in the hands pardoned and freed and the heart that can empty and fill again in the patterns restored by dream.” — The Optimist’s Daughter, Eudora Welty.

The only work of hers I have read. HAD to read it in college. This quote has stuck with me ever since. I really liked the book and all the other ones my prof MADE us read. I too love to read something but don’t like being told to read it or write on it in a particular way. My prof made it more interesting though, you had to read it but you could write on any element you wanted. First time I realized I could write the way I think and not in some blueprint promoted by someone else.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:14:12 +0000

I read Eudora a long time ago and liked her, but I can’t remember what the stories were. This autobio sounds great and I’ll check the library for it. My daughter wants to be a writer, and she loves the moon, so she’ll have to read it…although a lot of stuff I’ve reread now that I’m older makes a lot more sense, so maybe she should wait. Stuff like The Awakening, by Kate Chopin, The Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and A Room of One’s Own, by Virginia Woolf didn’t make a whole lot of sense in my teens, but now, oh boy, do they ever.

Sarahs last blog post..The Return

Oh, you aren’t kidding that many of those stories make more sense. I think some writing almost demands that we have a bit of “maturity” to understand it. But, some of it has different “levels” of meaning. I don’t know Gilman. I’ll look for her. Thanks!

By: Sheila Atwood

Sheila Atwood — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:32:25 +0000

I was a reader in School or maybe I should say a sleeper. I would stay up all night and read and sleep during school. My father stole all of the lightbulbs out of my room. I would make my bed look like I was sleeping in it, hide in the closet and read with a flashlite.

I have never heard of Eudora Welty, looks like I have some sleepless nights a head. Sheila

Sheila Atwoods last blog post..Only The Good Friday

If you can get her autobiography, it will make you sit down and read it straight through. Fortunately, it’s not a long book! I never had my Daddy steal the lightbulbs, but he sure did a lot of fussing! . I can’t believe you were so devious.:wink:.

By: Thorne

Thorne — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:55:18 +0000

Those are some powerful and evocative words. Must. Have. More.
Interesting that you were interested primarily in male author. My mother told me, a year or so ago, that she didn’t care for most female authors. It has been my mission since then to introduce her to some great ones. I’ll add this lovely woman, too!

Thornes last blog post..Thursday Thirteen #28 – Creative Uses for Garbage (Bags)

Male authors were what were in the books, silly girl. You know that. These days, I love female authors, too—but I’ll read anyone who has something to say in an entertaining way Yup. Read her authobiography. I think you will enjoy.

By: Toni

Toni — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:10:20 +0000

I hated being told to read, memorize, or find the meaning in something. I wrote and wrote page after page of “Portia’s Mercy Speach”, and still HATE HATE HATE being told what to read. I. too loved Poe, but he was never on the “REQUIRED” reading list. Although not in my daughter’s league, I do read and read and read. LUV IT!

Tonis last blog post..what I thunk

Only Poe’s poetry was on our reading list…but I had “discovered” him in the 4th grade. I read his stories, told them to my friends and became the most popular girl in 4th grade. I got invited to every single slumber party to tell ghost stories (they made me leave when I was done )

By: Comedy Plus

Comedy Plus — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:15:39 +0000

I can’t remember one thing I read in English class. Yikes. English was one of my favorite classes too. Dementia I tell you. That must be it.

Have a terrific day.

I remember things I read, but not so terribly fondly. Most of it bored me to tears. I was too immature to be reading it then.

By: janeywan

janeywan — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:51:45 +0000

Just put this on hold at my library. Thanks for the recommendation. If you say it's good it must be! janeywans last blog post..Got my GBBC Certificate I think you will like it. The history she gives is just amazing and her words...OH! I seriously am amazed at how she can take you right there to the moment.