2015: The Year of Reading Women discussion

Thread for discussion of various short stories by Flannery O'Connor, mainly from Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories.

But this is for May, right?!

Er... a story every 2 weeks? Shall we perhaps do Revelation next week? Is it okay if we do it this way? My schedule is simply too full, I think, to do all of the stories as a block...

My schedule's tight, too. I spent 4-5 hours boxing up my office of 15 years last Thurs. Today, went in to fix a screw up with the transfer of furnitre and other items (my whole dept moved) and wound up working thru lunch unpacking! Am behind on Alice Munro and Doris Lessing, and offered to lead discussion for my face time book club this weekend. Overbooked! Ah, "first world" problems......

That works for me, I can flex that way. Just gotta get a copy of it.

I have the story marked in my The Complete Stories. Now I just have to remember to read it :)

Well, Linda, I'm happy to do a story that you actually have - do you have any?

No worries--I read Revelation but that was in Sedaris' anthology, so I have to give it back when I go to face time book club in Boston this weekend. Honestly, tho, our ILL is so fast that if we don't have a copy, I can get my hands on one soon. Whether or not I'll be able to keep it all semester is another question! Carry on, I'll catch up!

Okay! I have the book! One or two every two weeks works for me! An it's "our" copy, so I can keep it til May and then renew!

I'm a bit snowed under at present... when do we officially start?

That was what I was going to ask! You guys may decide! I'm a little snowed until next Friday, anyway. For one or two every two weeks, though, shoot, I can bang that out on the bike at the gym! Or late at night before bed!

The thing is that I can start as soon as I'm finished with my current novel, but not sure how long that will still be, 3 or 4 days maybe, and i still have to do Sargasso Sea, so next weekend sounds like a plan...

I know, I'm behind on Lessing and haven't even started Munro. That's why I would have pushed for later, had we done another novel. Just can't do everything; we must choose, sigh! If only it weren't for that nasty little thing called "work" ! :)

Linda wrote: "If only it weren't for that nasty little thing called "work" ! :) ."

That, and eat and sleep! :P Just think how much time we'd have if we didn't have to sleep...

I could tell you how much! But the quality suffers...:)/:(

Not to mention gym....and stupid 15-minute meetings...aargh!

Is this still on?

Oh dear oh dear... did we make a specific start date? :S I admit that I am currently snowed under, but I really need to start reading O Connor sometime - she's been on the TBR so long now...

Nope, no specific date, but when I asked about May (above), someone (you?) suggested that we do two stories every two weeks. So, I can do that! Thought it was a great solution, since this group is packing everyone's schedules.
Just wondered when we were starting.

Okay, I can maybe do one story - Revelation, right? by... let's say March 18,19? I think we must put it in the main schedule to help us remember. Let me do that... :P

Argh! Clarice Lispector! I forgot about her again....! To be honest, I'd rather do O' Connor. :P

Clarice's easy....as one of my profs said (repeatedly, sigh!) "ritos de pasagem...."

Not sure if you're being serious, but at this point, even easy stuff is too much re time constraints... :P

Traveller wrote: "Not sure if you're being serious, but at this point, even easy stuff is too much re time constraints... :P"

It was so frustrating, that class....there was one author, maybe Lispector maybe someone else, who was clearly playing with Freud/Lacan and the "for/da", and all she would say was, "os ritos de pasagem".

Don't whet my appetite now, you naughty woman; if i take up Lispector as well, I'll end up getting no time to sleep...

** Hot News Flash **
Coming June 5, 2015:



The newest stamp in the United States Postal Service's Literary Arts commemorative series will honor author Flannery O'Connor.

The design of the stamp shows a portrait of O'Connor digitally created by Sam Weber, based on a photograph. In the background are images of peacock feathers, a nod to O'Connor's fondness for the exotic birds that were referenced in her writings, and which she raised on the Georgia farm where she lived.

Credit: http://www.linns.com/news/us-stamps/1...

I have read and reviewed the whole book. I found it brilliant, but not enjoyable

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I love the stamp! How fabulous

David wrote: "** Hot News Flash **
Coming June 5, 2015:



The newest stamp in the United States Postal Service's Literary Arts commemorative series will honor author Flannery O'Connor.

The design of the stamp..."

No nod to the famous moonwalking chicken...sigh! :)