Thank you, Mr. Wolcott

Posted on June 1, 2009 by sheila

Not only for linking to my piece about F. Scott Fitzgerald, but for doing so in such a thoughtful way, and for including me in the same breath with Anne Enright.

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8 Responses to Thank you, Mr. Wolcott

  1. Kelly says:
    June 1, 2009 at 9:33 am

    Congratulations Sheila! I thought it insightful and beautifully written too.

  2. Kerry says:
    June 1, 2009 at 10:21 am

    So cool!!!

  3. red says:
    June 1, 2009 at 2:03 pm

    That Anne Enright piece he links to is very cool, too. She’s so strange – I love her writing.

  4. Catherine says:
    June 1, 2009 at 6:28 pm

    Speaking of Enright, that interview she gave at my college that I emailed you about is available to download as a mp3 from http://english.nuim.ie/news.shtml if you (or any of your other readers) are interested. Lots of gems about writing and being an author to be heard!

  5. red says:
    June 1, 2009 at 7:37 pm

    Catherine!! That is so so awesome – I LOVED that email you sent me, I ate it up – can’t wait to listen to it!

  6. Catherine says:
    June 1, 2009 at 7:46 pm

    Glad to be of service! My email didn’t convey half the humor or insights that she projects, it’s a GREAT listen. I listened to it the other night in bed and was entertained and inspired all over again. Hope you enjoy.

  7. red says:
    June 1, 2009 at 7:57 pm

    Catherine – I think I might have said to you that I had a hard time getting thru The Gathering – it had nothing to do with the writing, which is absolutely superb – I just found it really difficult to BE with those people.

    However: every interview I’ve heard from her, every quip, every quote – is so unbelievably insightful and funny and inspiring that I can’t get enough. I am a huge fan.

    I love her comments on being an Irish writer – and not only that – but being a FEMALE Irish writer in the typically cock-swinging male irish-writer environment – and what that has meant for her.

    I also love her for loving (and getting) John McGahern – which I think a lot of people (even Irish people) didn’t really get.

  8. JFH says:
    June 1, 2009 at 10:20 pm

    You are a fantastic writer… this is just further conformation.

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