tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424881563665622626.post8319400273747684118..comments2024-03-09T05:16:33.359-08:00Comments on The Boswellians: At the Crossroads of Gender and Literature: a bookseller conversationDaniel Goldinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11536282665165900502noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424881563665622626.post-64221378663801128612013-09-15T09:17:03.050-07:002013-09-15T09:17:03.050-07:00I forget to re-check for comments here as the noti...I forget to re-check for comments here as the notifications don't come to the post's author, unfortunately. But, I think it's wonderful that we have the opportunity to get responses from the authors, themselves and don't want that to go wasted.<br /><br />Paul and I had hours of discussion on this topic, both on personal levels and literary, philosophical levels that extend to e-mail exchanges still, even though Paul has left us for Notre Dame to further study philosophy and religion. It would have been great to document it all in a blog post. Our colleagues would stumble on us discussing what "feminine" vs "masculine" really means and how does one definite it on a personal level if it means something else on a larger, more societally-accepted level, and they would look at us, say something along the lines of, "What language are you speaking?" and then laugh and walk away. That's just how involved and circuitous these discussions between us were. It was exhilarating! We can't thank you enough for that. :)<br /><br />Of course, like you, the one thing Paul and I both love--more than hashing out nuances of language and archetype and belief--is putting books in other people's hands that make them think, and question, and reexamine everything, or experience the life and vision of a person unlike him/her.<br /><br />The best part about your essay and this piece was that a writer I know and admire wrote me a note to say how this post fired him up to get his next novel finished. So, he has you to thank for that. ;)<br /><br />P.S. I've said it since that lovely NYT piece about the hunting legend in your family and I'll keep saying it: I would love to read more nonfiction work of yours, Frank.StacieMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10378380788906271905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424881563665622626.post-19125392074357112162013-03-16T07:36:10.887-07:002013-03-16T07:36:10.887-07:00I did come up with the title, actually three title... I did come up with the title, actually three titles. But this is the one that was chosen. And it refers to ME and how I feel. I think Stacie gets what I'm saying and Paul gets some of it. The essay I wrote was about ME and what influences ME and MY writing, it comes from a real place and real people and how my roots, (the men and women from MY family tree), define/defined and influenced ME. And my masculinity isn't/wasn't defined by men only, my mother and grandmothers were/are something to behold, without them the men wouldn't have been what they were. But the essay is also about what I look for in fiction and what I can relate to. The essay if my PERSONAL view of where I'M from and that view would be completely different had another writer written it from another region but with that said, I'm glad I wrote it. Glad it offered a gut check for some, pissed some people off, and in some cases, not on this blog but on other sites, made guys and gals talk about where they were from and what defined them as people. I'm glad it created conversations and debate between men and women and made people think regardless of whether they get me, my writing or where I'm from because that's what writing should do, make people think.No Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13199456071570179921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424881563665622626.post-7912391047805239672013-03-16T05:56:49.012-07:002013-03-16T05:56:49.012-07:00What fun! I love that Frank Bill went out on a lim...What fun! I love that Frank Bill went out on a limb so that I get to hear smart folks like you talking about literature!bonniejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383768846489028702noreply@blogger.com