Lots of interesting McCullers stories from her time at Yaddo. When I first read The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, I didn't know what hit me. Didn't know she was on Buk's radar. But then he had wider tastes than the monocle-wearing academics give him credit for.
She reminds me of all my drunken loved friends most sober now or dead far to many years of abuse. I digress. I was rude last night to some human being critiquing Ernest Hemingway for committing suicide and his drunkenness. I suppose I shall not be The Little Buddha very soon. He was brilliant do you think ordinarness abhors brilliance? Or simply fear mental health issues due to reflection? I digress again. A wonderful share a way of making the mind think anew. She's rare and beautiful, yet simply honest.
40 + years after reading The Heart is a Lonely Hunter I still have a clear image in my brain - the image of a living room she described in her story…and of the front of the house that held it…
I love this piece. When I was a high school junior, I had to write a research paper on Carson McCullers. I loved her writing. And The Member of the Wedding was my favorite. Thank you for reminding me of literature that stays with me long after the book ends.
Most of my work is inspired by her. Her theory of love I find most intriguing. Visceral and unfiltered. Like grainy coffee that you need to get out the door in the morning .
Lots of interesting McCullers stories from her time at Yaddo. When I first read The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, I didn't know what hit me. Didn't know she was on Buk's radar. But then he had wider tastes than the monocle-wearing academics give him credit for.
Marvelous isn't she... abilities that chill 😎
She reminds me of all my drunken loved friends most sober now or dead far to many years of abuse. I digress. I was rude last night to some human being critiquing Ernest Hemingway for committing suicide and his drunkenness. I suppose I shall not be The Little Buddha very soon. He was brilliant do you think ordinarness abhors brilliance? Or simply fear mental health issues due to reflection? I digress again. A wonderful share a way of making the mind think anew. She's rare and beautiful, yet simply honest.
This is a wonderful post. Thank you for your daily jewels.
Thank you so much. It means a lot.
Thank you. I love her, too. I recently discovered her short story Wunderkind, so moving, so delicate
https://loa-shared.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/static/pdf/McCullers_Wunderkind.pdf
Delicious nourishment!
40 + years after reading The Heart is a Lonely Hunter I still have a clear image in my brain - the image of a living room she described in her story…and of the front of the house that held it…
Thank you as I raise my heart for her gifts she left to life. And I thank you for bringing a bit of her here now.
I love this piece. When I was a high school junior, I had to write a research paper on Carson McCullers. I loved her writing. And The Member of the Wedding was my favorite. Thank you for reminding me of literature that stays with me long after the book ends.
Thanks for this.
So many good books, so little time.
Most of my work is inspired by her. Her theory of love I find most intriguing. Visceral and unfiltered. Like grainy coffee that you need to get out the door in the morning .
James Wright or Richard Wright?
Glorious post. Thank you.
Not what he really wrote:
https://bukowski.net/database/detail.php?w=827&Title=carson-mccullers
Yes thank you.
Lovely