tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14702232.post8985154756210027333..comments2024-03-10T04:23:57.820-04:00Comments on Bitty's Back Porch: Crazy: A MemeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14702232.post-6501073991566073952008-03-07T17:24:00.000-05:002008-03-07T17:24:00.000-05:00Time enough has passed for me to reveal the Final ...Time enough has passed for me to reveal the Final Jeopardy question, in case anyone even still cares: <BR/><BR/>What is Raymond Carver's "Cathedral"? <BR/><BR/>And as a bonus question, some of the best of (relatively) recent literature is tied up in the answer to this question: who were Raymond Carver's friends? <BR/><BR/>At least that's my opinion.Bittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13328808801958155196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14702232.post-8851260858010756112008-02-15T00:34:00.000-05:002008-02-15T00:34:00.000-05:00isn't it funny, that just knowing the tiniest bit ...isn't it funny, that just knowing the tiniest bit about how you feel about that writer and his widow (from previous exchanges that we've had), plus the hint about the guess from first commenter, I can figure out who this was? But I won't spoil it for the rest of the class. :)Sarah Sometimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09415284135104217978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14702232.post-84154672930602550812008-02-14T14:16:00.000-05:002008-02-14T14:16:00.000-05:00BSR, you're right. I should have said "perceived a...BSR, you're right. I should have said "perceived as writing short, terse sentences." People think he's all minimalist, and then there's a whole other movement led by his widow that argues the opposite for reasons that I won't go into yet, except to say that it relates to Phil's guess.<BR/><BR/>Phil, you are closer than you think without hitting the actual person in question. <BR/><BR/>Isn't that cryptic? Maybe I'll blog about that later. When I have time. You see how much blogging I'v done lately.Bittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13328808801958155196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14702232.post-72511083759336547942008-02-14T11:24:00.000-05:002008-02-14T11:24:00.000-05:00Ok, I looked it up.Hmm, In my mind I don't really ...Ok, I looked it up.<BR/><BR/>Hmm, In my mind I don't really associate that person with short, terse, but I guess it does make sense.<BR/><BR/>When i think of that person, I think <I>genre</I>.Brave Sir Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11885043536453757210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14702232.post-24496035481638219972008-02-14T11:23:00.000-05:002008-02-14T11:23:00.000-05:00Short, terse sentences SCREAMS Hemingway to me.I'm...Short, terse sentences SCREAMS Hemingway to me.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure he's still contemporary.Brave Sir Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11885043536453757210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14702232.post-34650228528505089172008-02-13T19:43:00.000-05:002008-02-13T19:43:00.000-05:00Without Googling, and without really knowing Toby ...Without Googling, and without really knowing Toby Wolff's posse (aside from Dubus)...urgh. Gordon Lish, maybe?<BR/><BR/>I didn't mention this on my blog, but my first choice for the meme was, like yours, not appropriate: <I>Pocket Garden Herbs</I> by Lesley Bremness (Dorling Kindersley, 1997). So I started over and was terribly scrupulous in my choice...which was the Godzilla book.<BR/><BR/>So the second choice doesn't mean you flunked. Unless I flunked too. :-DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com