tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10099461.post18307388660565677..comments2023-10-04T12:11:06.050-04:00Comments on Thumb drives and oven clocks: Short Reactions to Short Stories: Celebrating Short Story Month on a time crunchDarby M. Dixon IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00312159516149043612noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10099461.post-89209965839272575932007-05-10T12:41:00.000-04:002007-05-10T12:41:00.000-04:00I've yet to read a better story writer than Flanne...I've yet to read a better story writer than Flannery O'Connor. You should read her diaries, too. They're hilarious (and insightful, of course). Simultaneously arrogant and self-deprecating. At one point, she's talking about a reading she attended. She says she had the nicest crutches there.Averyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11936063818747928322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10099461.post-65061032141399944542007-05-07T21:32:00.000-04:002007-05-07T21:32:00.000-04:00I bet the story you read, the one with the sky in ...I bet the story you read, the one with the sky in it, was "Revelation." Anyway, I'll have to check that one out that you recommended.Oliver Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12296063872382429195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10099461.post-78911069721055109662007-05-07T17:45:00.000-04:002007-05-07T17:45:00.000-04:00oh that story is so awesomedidja know she was also...oh that story is so awesome<BR/><BR/>didja know she was also a cartoonist?<BR/><BR/>http://www2.gcsu.edu/library/sc/collections/oconnor/foccart.html<BR/><BR/>i might blog about that, actually...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10099461.post-39173977704560090842007-05-07T12:42:00.000-04:002007-05-07T12:42:00.000-04:00Darby, just pick up a copy of the Collected Stori...Darby, just pick up a copy of the <EM>Collected Stories</EM> and get lost in the pages... It is intense, hilarious, dense, deeply meaningful work. (I *adore* Flannery O'Connor.)amcorreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04952630644786569828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10099461.post-67464357011808378562007-05-07T11:43:00.000-04:002007-05-07T11:43:00.000-04:00I love it three. And it still delivers the punch e...I love it three. And it still delivers the punch every time you read it--I've probably read it 20 times, and taught it a dozen.mary grimmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04294368835776483342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10099461.post-13766060068312314982007-05-07T07:15:00.000-04:002007-05-07T07:15:00.000-04:00Yeah, I know. I love that story. One of these da...Yeah, I know. I love that story. One of these days I'm going to re-read a bunch of her stuff -- I think it gets better as you get older.Rebecca H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10825532162727473112noreply@blogger.com