#jubilantjuly day 17: #sideprofiles
I was rather pleased to find side profiles across a variety of genres!
#jubilantjuly day 17: #sideprofiles
I was rather pleased to find side profiles across a variety of genres!
My Book Outlet package was supposed to arrive on Saturday. The tracking thingy said it had been delivered on Saturday morning (not true) and finally it turned up with today's mail (phew!). I'm so looking forward to this stack of books - an early birthday present to myself 😀
I loved Carol Shields—her personal warmth and her writing, both inflected with a whimsical twinkle—when I was in my 20s. Having recently read her debut novel for the first time, I was stunned by how awful it was. These essays about the writing craft were really good, and conjured up everything I love about her. But I am still left with this question: for all her wisdom and whimsy, was Carol Shields too nice on the page to be a truly great writer?
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(I had to google that: the Munro story is 'Miles City, Montana.'
It's a special thrill to read one of my favorite writers's thoughts on another of my favorite writers! ❤️❤️
I had never heard of this Canadian author. Carol Shields is right: she only ever published one novel, Sandbars, and died in 2006 at the age of 90. Has anybody heard of her, or read this book? She does have a Wikipedia page, but there isn't even a photograph of her online!
Oooh, I can't remember having ever heard Carol Shields say anything bad about anybody before! I'm pretty sure I have an inkling about what her beef might be with John Irving, but I hope she spells it out in this book! :-) And when am I finally going to get around to checking V.S. Pritchett out?
Having just finished reading the first essay in this collection, man do I ever miss Carol Shields! I need a hug. ❤️❤️
A friend picked this up earlier this year for me at a book launch, signed by the editors, Carol Shields's daughter and cutie-patootie grandson.
Oh oh oh! Twitter just told me about this forthcoming collection of Carol Shields' writings on writing! She's one of my favorite writers and much-missed. Think my Winnipeg friend can get me a signed copy. Oh oh oh! And how about that pretty grandson eh? ;)