tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post3968044716288734176..comments2024-03-26T22:16:26.572-04:00Comments on Terrierman's Daily Dose: An American HomeplacePBurnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-8098246284487539182010-01-31T22:43:31.348-05:002010-01-31T22:43:31.348-05:00Jacob's Ladder will not leave you unhappy.Jacob's Ladder will not leave you unhappy.Heather Houlahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891198124130533198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-61654439736714775852010-01-31T11:03:44.019-05:002010-01-31T11:03:44.019-05:00It is true that I have read nothing bad yet.
I wi...It is true that I have read nothing bad yet.<br /><br />I will give "Jacob's Ladder" a try next. It's about the Civil War, but I may have issues about that war. Basically, I HATE the fact that the great Valley of the Shenandoah has defined itself by 4 years of failed insurrection that occurred more than 140 years ago in support of a brutal system called slavery. I hate it. And yet I love Virginia and the Shenandoah above all. And yet there were part of that war that were noble (as there are in all wars). John Brown was about 150 years ago (this year, I think). Crazy as hell and yet a true heroic madman of a butcher.<br /><br />PPBurnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-76156323415882547792010-01-31T10:18:54.014-05:002010-01-31T10:18:54.014-05:00How can you go wrong reading ANYTHING by Mr. McCai...How can you go wrong reading ANYTHING by Mr. McCaig? It's all good.Gina Spadaforihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00103816990340772200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-75343125841545907602010-01-30T22:21:52.335-05:002010-01-30T22:21:52.335-05:00Cormac McCarthy is the writer who sweeps me in. It...Cormac McCarthy is the writer who sweeps me in. It's not tight writing. It's more intimate writing. The adjectives are carefully lain, and the sentence structure flows like the careful strokes of a portrait painter's brush.<br /><br />I've never been a tight writer. I like flow. Give me a little William Faulkner.<br /><br />I've tried to write tightly, but it's always come out flummoxed and choppy. I'm better with the complex sentences. That's just how my brain works..Retrievermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15780519136583108632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-4339251595935039802010-01-30T21:45:14.312-05:002010-01-30T21:45:14.312-05:00Wow! Janel Jacobson has some awesome stuff.
Cr...Wow! Janel Jacobson has some awesome stuff. <br /><br />Craft is craft, and when you see someone who takes the time to fit stuff together with true grace, it's always a real joy.<br /><br />PPBurnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-73714152043790666912010-01-30T21:16:20.517-05:002010-01-30T21:16:20.517-05:00"Tight" writing is rare - and always has..."Tight" writing is rare - and always has been. I think of E.B. White, of course. And Wallace Stevens (yes - poetry can be tight). I'll try McCaig, if for no other reason than you've compared his book to netsuke.<br /><br />If you appreciate netsuke and/or ojime, check out Janel Jacobson (http://www.janeljacobson.com/index.html (I have some of her pottery from the 70s and it, too, is "tight.")Mikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05996904035040371660noreply@blogger.com