tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898491.post671394978632028664..comments2023-10-30T06:39:27.052-07:00Comments on All I Have in the World: "Remember When"Chad Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11085458343846938765noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898491.post-49405893178328295582007-04-28T13:04:00.000-07:002007-04-28T13:04:00.000-07:00And you know...I've still never read anything by W...And you know...I've still never read anything by William Maxwell. I've had "So Long..." on my bookshelf for about four years--and almost, in fact, took it down last night--but have never read more than a page or two of it.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it should be next on my list.Chad Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11085458343846938765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898491.post-65012172480533460112007-04-28T13:03:00.000-07:002007-04-28T13:03:00.000-07:00Oh, I agree, Kyle. It's the people who get stuck r...Oh, I agree, Kyle. <BR/><BR/>It's the people who get stuck remembering less-than-significant whens that both fascinate and irritate me. <BR/><BR/>I'm all about the devastating remember whens.<BR/><BR/>By the way...<BR/><BR/>I read your recent blog post about attending the AFL game with Ian, and I found perfect reason to bring it up in my intro to lit class--when I was accused by a student (and probably justifiably, in a way) of providing them with a reading list that is all devastation, heartache, etc.<BR/><BR/>It ended up prompting a pretty good conversation.Chad Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11085458343846938765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898491.post-91253602697556717792007-04-28T12:51:00.000-07:002007-04-28T12:51:00.000-07:00Yeah, Chad, but "remember when" stories -- when th...Yeah, Chad, but "remember when" stories -- when they tilt toward something more than mere elegy (something, I mean, like devastation of a time and place and way of being in the world) are some of the best stories.<BR/><BR/>Evidence:<BR/><BR/>The Old Forest, by Peter Taylor<BR/>So Long, See You Tomorrow, by Wm. Maxwell<BR/>Meneseteung, by Alice Munro<BR/>(in fact, almost every one of Munro's better stories)<BR/>(in fact, almost every one of Taylor and Maxwell's better stories)<BR/>Wheat that Springeth Green, by J.F. Powers<BR/>Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin<BR/>(you get the idea . . .)<BR/><BR/>-kyle minorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com