Ask the Author: David Pierson
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David Pierson
As for my personal horror story, it would be discovering I’m one of the characters in And Then There None and not having the slightest idea who the killer is. I’ve acted a couple of times in this play; and, when I get in character, I believe I am Rogers or Dr. Armstrong, trapped in the world of a cold-blooded killer who is much smarter than I. Scary!
David Pierson
One of the places I would like to travel to in the fictional book world is London in the time of Sherlock Holmes. Cold. Foggy. Mystery in the air. I love the sense of following along with the great detective. Another place is in the setting of Walker Percy’s novel, The Moviegoer. His sensuous description of New Orleans shortly before I arrived in New Orleans is a place I really like to immerse myself in because I feel I know that setting. By the way, I met Walker Percy many years ago (1981) when he attended the premier of a three-act play I wrote. The play, The Resurrection Man, was produced on a college stage, and I was honored to find this famous author in the audience. He was a most gracious man and complimented me on my play. So, I suppose I first liked the man and then, later, his books.
David Pierson
One of the books I read this past summer was Roughing It by Mark Twain. Since turning my hand to doing podcasts, I felt Mark Twain would be doing the same thing I’m doing if he were alive today, and Roughing It is an example of that. I also read The Great American Novel by Philip Roth, a satire about professional baseball and a fictional league (The Patriot League), which was wiped from memory by the “powers that be.” It is not one of Philip Roth’s better efforts, but I am a sucker for anything about baseball, and I thoroughly enjoyed this romp through his fictional world. I also re-read some books I’ve read many times before. In my case, And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. I am absolutely hooked on this murder mystery by Dame Agatha. I simply love her dry sense of
David Pierson
"Bayou Da Vinci"
The main character in this story is Wally Zeringue, a brilliant but crazy English teacher who has been nicknamed “Bayou Da Vinci” by his students. In class, the unconventional Mr. Zeringue leads his student apostles in the study of a wide range of literary texts (everything from Dr. Seuss to Shakespeare). Mr. Zeringue’s unique insights and lines of inquiry often challenge the students’ (and the readers’) superficial preconceptions of our modern world.
The main character in this story is Wally Zeringue, a brilliant but crazy English teacher who has been nicknamed “Bayou Da Vinci” by his students. In class, the unconventional Mr. Zeringue leads his student apostles in the study of a wide range of literary texts (everything from Dr. Seuss to Shakespeare). Mr. Zeringue’s unique insights and lines of inquiry often challenge the students’ (and the readers’) superficial preconceptions of our modern world.
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