#greatamericanwriters

[deborahdeshoftim5779]

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

James Baldwin

[theliterateredneck]

~..."When you are nine years old, what you remember seems forever; for you remember everything is important and stands big and fills up Time and is so solid you can walk around it like a tree and look at it." Robert Penn Warren's "Blackberry Winter" one of the best short stories I've read, one worth revisiting over and over. →Great American Literature← #southernliterature #robertpennwarren #blackberrywinter #greatamericanwriters #literature #ruralism #nikon #snapseed

[longwayhomefilms]

Birthplace of F. Scott Fitzgerald. #saintpaul #minnesota #greatamericanwriters #writer #inspiration #thegreatgatsby #roadtrip #adventure #longwayhome #takethelongwayhome #reveriedrifting #honeymoon4life

[exploringmarkets]

A picture of Ernest Hemingway feeding one of his cats a cob of corn. He once said, "A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not." #ErnestHemingway #Hemingway #GreatAmericanWriters

[theliterateredneck]

♥Get Comfy w the Very UNcomfortable World of Flannery O'Connor.♥ I can imagine her like this~ Am I going to sleep well tonight, Miss O'Connor? What. No, woman. There's a frost warning. You have no money to speak of. You have a reputation for bawdiness. I only partake coke cola mixed with coffee. Who cares. At least I recognize the difference between the saved and the ' think they're saved.' Poor things. Poor babes. ^^ #southerngothicnow #flanneryoconnor #gotwarmth #gotliteraryhumor #getlit #getoddgosouth #southernliterature #greatamericanwriters (Souvenir matchbook from @squarebooks )

[theliterateredneck]

♥Get Comfy w the Very UNcomfortable World of Flannery O'Connor.♥ I can imagine her like this~ Am I going to sleep well tonight, Miss O'Connor? What. No, woman. There's a frost warning. You have no money to speak of. You have a reputation for bawdiness. I only partake coke cola mixed with coffee. Who cares. At least I recognize the difference between the saved and the ' think they're saved.' Poor things. Poor babes. ^^ #southerngothicnow #flanneryoconnor #gotwarmth #gotliteraryhumor #getlit #getoddgosouth #southernliterature #greatamericanwriters (Souvenir matchbook from @squarebooks )

[theliterateredneck]

"There are years that ask questions and years that answer." #zoranealehurston #south #floridatrails #greatamericanwriters #nikon ~At beautiful old grounds of Arcadia Mills, miles of trails off the boardwalk through old textile and sawmill site and archeaological site now under care of #uwf. In depth signage about the slaves quarters, the success that people made from their" free " labor, the extreme dramas of weather, environment, diseases, politics there since mid 1770s. Great history buff site! www.jenniferlynmccarthy.com

[theliterateredneck]

What??? A Dave Robicheaux Festival in New Iberia LA? I may have to go to this April 2016. @daverobicheauxlitfest #jamesleeburke #greatamericanwriters #literaryfestivals #characters #place #south

[theliterateredneck]

~I've got the guts to die.What I want to know is, have you got the guts to live?~ from Cat On a Hit Tin Roof, a favorite of mine.Tennesse Williams found refuge from despair in new Orleans, who doesn't? #nola #vintagesigns #neon #maggiethecat #bigdaddy #southeast #tennesseewilliams #greatamericanwriters

[theliterateredneck]

Right now !! Fresh Air interview w one of my favorite writers Jonathan Franzen! He is discussing his new novel Purity, and how the transparency of today affects intimacy i.e. how people relate when everything is "shared" online. also how a writer walks a line between working through private moments on paper that family and friends may be uncomfortable with. I prefer his essays to his fiction but its all very good. He is a sensitive observer whose stories are full of humor, especially upon second readings;-) #jonathanfranzen #purity #writers #greatamericanwriters #essayists #freshair #nprinterviews #literature

[theliterateredneck]

Homeless camps under 110. "I first became familiar with the Sears catalog because all the people in its pages were perfect." The bold, talented, truth teller Harry Crews, a man who detested denial and wrote about people as they are, not as they see themselves. #gritlit #greatamericanwriters #harrycrews #getreal #grittysouth #bareboneswriter #religioninthesouth #southerngothicliterature

[theliterateredneck]

"She wished there was a place where she could go to hum it out loud. Some kind of music was too private to sing in a house cram full of people" yes !! Read more about McCullers in "Southern Gothic Gets Odd", my first odd baby book. Available at amazon! #biography #photography #carsonmccullers #theheartisalonelyhunter #greatamericanwriters #southerngothic #southernliterature #getbacktothestory #embracetheodd #southerngothicnow *all photos original unless stated

[exploringmarkets]

A young Jack Kerouac listening to music. He ignited the Beat Generation of the 1950s and wrote the book On The Road. #JackKerouac #GreatAmericanWriters #BeatGeneration #OnTheRoad