Saturday, March 14, 2009

Unanswered prayer ...

... Thank you, Eudora Welty.

Yeah, Charlton Heston should have won for Will Penny.

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous4:59 PM

    The difference between Christopher Guerin and myself is that he went on from Eudora's rejection to become a symphony orchestra manager. My next two jobs, after the very same loss (we were at the same awards dinner, and both of us were expecting to win) were as a door-to-door Bible salesman and a longshoreman. Ultimately I was just as back-handedly grateful to Ms. Welty as Chris was, and for similar reasons, but it took me a couple of years!

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  2. I cannot offer much of substance, though I offer four things:
    (1) Guerin says: "I’d have ended up as a scholar gypsy for years, maybe, finally, landing a tenure track job in a community college." And I say, "Ouch!"
    (2) Eudora Welty is one of the reasons I became a university instructor of literature. When I read Welty's stories, I knew I had discovered something sublime. I knew that I cannot hope to rival her writing abilities, so I opted instead to venture into academic where I continue to share the appreciation of good writing.
    (3) I think that I'm glad that I missed seeing Ms. Welty's film appearance.
    (4) Now, I think I'll pull down my copies of Welty's stories and begin savoring them once again.

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