tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10091286.post2862393043520613118..comments2023-07-03T00:46:29.189-07:00Comments on Pen On Fire / Writers on Writing: VoiceBarbara DeMarco-Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11407113008901754361noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10091286.post-80596731389905926182007-10-10T08:38:00.000-07:002007-10-10T08:38:00.000-07:00Haha back atcha, Deborah....Well, we're still watc...Haha back atcha, Deborah....<BR/><BR/>Well, we're still watching baseball in this house, although the playoff games are few and far apart. We watched the Yankees on--was it Sunday? Then Monday night I taught. Last night I taught. So far I haven't missed our Angels. It's funny how your time gets filled. I imagine we'll see the DVDs we didn't watch from April through last week. I'm actually glad for the respite, not being a TV person to begin with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10091286.post-62858653800990768432007-10-10T06:58:00.000-07:002007-10-10T06:58:00.000-07:00so what do you do with all of your baseball time??...so what do you do with all of your baseball time??? ha ha!Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16204539920858202588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10091286.post-48902308882629365362007-10-09T09:07:00.000-07:002007-10-09T09:07:00.000-07:00Great blog! I always think of Toni Morrison when ...Great blog! I always think of Toni Morrison when I think of voice. Jeffry Eugenides too (sp?), Annie Dillard, Anne Lamott -- there's a lot. Virginia Woolf. Those are some I think I could recognize without seeing their name.Amy Timberlakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901186331828748542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10091286.post-32344423704259727492007-10-09T08:06:00.000-07:002007-10-09T08:06:00.000-07:00Of the books I've read recently, I'll tell you who...Of the books I've read recently, I'll tell you who doesn't have a voice: M. Cunningham [I confess, I only read The Hours], Jane Smiley [again, only one book] and P. Peterson [okay, you caught me: one book].<BR/><BR/>Not that I didn't enjoy these books, but each book I came away thinking you could substitute a number of different authors [who also don't have voice] for these books. <BR/><BR/>Those who do have that distinct voice: Ecco, Flannery O'Conner...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10091286.post-34438490094344487502007-10-08T19:26:00.000-07:002007-10-08T19:26:00.000-07:00Lorrie Moore and David Sedaris pop readily to mind...Lorrie Moore and David Sedaris pop readily to mind. Paul Rudnick, a hysterical writer for the New Yorker, also needs no introduction. He's so clearly on the page, every time. Perhaps John Kennedy Toole would have gotten there, had he stuck around.<BR/><BR/>I love the folks who can't hide behind their words. They've somehow managed to reconstruct this well-used language and make it their own. What a difficult and noble skill!<BR/><BR/>May we all come through so clearly on the page as Mr. J. Cheers to you Hector/Karl/Sweet n' Sour. I miss you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10091286.post-68352352880145973642007-10-08T17:19:00.000-07:002007-10-08T17:19:00.000-07:00George Saunders is, by far, the "voiciest" writer ...George Saunders is, by far, the "voiciest" writer out there these days.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08437818869878209929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10091286.post-37124136317785033532007-10-08T09:40:00.001-07:002007-10-08T09:40:00.001-07:00I think you've named them all.I think you've named them all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10091286.post-62689566577758012992007-10-08T09:40:00.000-07:002007-10-08T09:40:00.000-07:00Stop it, Jordan!Stop it, Jordan!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10091286.post-29909267800391527442007-10-08T09:38:00.000-07:002007-10-08T09:38:00.000-07:00Maybe you could charge him rent?Maybe you could charge him rent?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com