Harrigan's first novel, "Aransas," is also a favorite. It's about a cut-rate dolphin show in Port A. I first came to know his writing through his articles in Texas Monthly. A genuinely great man.
What a beautiful gloss on Pope Francis' letter! One of the things I've loved about his writing are the brief autobiographical flashes, the details drawn from his own lived experience, like here the boredom on holiday. Or in his letter on the Sacred Heart a memory of cooking with his grandmother and helping her to crimp pastry with a fork.
You've reminded me that I want to go back to his letter on literature in formation, which I read too quickly when I first found it, to ponder if more deeply. I really should print it off.
Your poem is really lovely and mysterious. I really love how you respond to fiction through poetry.
And now I need to find a copy of the novel about scuba diving in my beloved Texas Hill Country. I didn't know that people did that and I'm intrigued.
I so loved that line about crimping the pastry with a fork too.
And thank you for noticing my poetry/fiction nexus. It's the only way I know how to roll.
If you've never read Stephen Harrigan, he is one of the premier living Texas authors, best known for his book "Gates of the Alamo." I met him at a writer's conference years ago, and he gave me encouragement when I needed it about a rewrite needed on my first book, "The Joy of Poetry." I owe him a life debt for that.
I had forgotten your connection to the Hill Country. Pray for us. There's so much suffering right now.
I love every word of this, Megan.
Also, I might need to check that book out. I know a scientist and I've been scuba diving (scariest experience of my life).
Well, you are way ahead of me, girl!
Harrigan's first novel, "Aransas," is also a favorite. It's about a cut-rate dolphin show in Port A. I first came to know his writing through his articles in Texas Monthly. A genuinely great man.
Truly, a good story can show you aspects of yourself of which you were unaware.
Indeed, Rachael.
What a beautiful gloss on Pope Francis' letter! One of the things I've loved about his writing are the brief autobiographical flashes, the details drawn from his own lived experience, like here the boredom on holiday. Or in his letter on the Sacred Heart a memory of cooking with his grandmother and helping her to crimp pastry with a fork.
You've reminded me that I want to go back to his letter on literature in formation, which I read too quickly when I first found it, to ponder if more deeply. I really should print it off.
Your poem is really lovely and mysterious. I really love how you respond to fiction through poetry.
And now I need to find a copy of the novel about scuba diving in my beloved Texas Hill Country. I didn't know that people did that and I'm intrigued.
I so loved that line about crimping the pastry with a fork too.
And thank you for noticing my poetry/fiction nexus. It's the only way I know how to roll.
If you've never read Stephen Harrigan, he is one of the premier living Texas authors, best known for his book "Gates of the Alamo." I met him at a writer's conference years ago, and he gave me encouragement when I needed it about a rewrite needed on my first book, "The Joy of Poetry." I owe him a life debt for that.
I had forgotten your connection to the Hill Country. Pray for us. There's so much suffering right now.