Comments on: John Irving's Fantastic Bookends http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2010/02/25/john-irvings-fantastic-bookends/ Searching out the sublime, the silly and the surreal in Oregon's capital city. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:10:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Emily Grosvenor http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2010/02/25/john-irvings-fantastic-bookends/#comment-1211 Emily Grosvenor Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:38:50 +0000 http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/?p=1637#comment-1211 I'm going to restart the whole Irving collection, I think. I think I never picked up the Cider House Rules because of the very serious movie adaptation, but I heard that night that it's a very funny book. I’m going to restart the whole Irving collection, I think. I think I never picked up the Cider House Rules because of the very serious movie adaptation, but I heard that night that it’s a very funny book.

]]> By: Dana http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2010/02/25/john-irvings-fantastic-bookends/#comment-1210 Dana Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:40:05 +0000 http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/?p=1637#comment-1210 Wow, what a guest speaker. I would have loved to have been there. I have been staring longingly at "Until I Find You" on our bookcase for quite some time, wondering when I'll have a few spare moments to relish it. I think this week... By the way, congratulations, Emily, on your son! Boys are real teddy bears clamoring all over ya, no matter how big or small they are, at all times, just to be close to their mama. Thanks again for a great blog! Wow, what a guest speaker. I would have loved to have been there. I have been staring longingly at “Until I Find You” on our bookcase for quite some time, wondering when I’ll have a few spare moments to relish it. I think this week…

By the way, congratulations, Emily, on your son! Boys are real teddy bears clamoring all over ya, no matter how big or small they are, at all times, just to be close to their mama.

Thanks again for a great blog!

]]> By: Emily Grosvenor http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2010/02/25/john-irvings-fantastic-bookends/#comment-1209 Emily Grosvenor Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:18:22 +0000 http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/?p=1637#comment-1209 Here's a good profile of him from the NYTIMES -- the piece came out to coincide with his last book, "Until I Find You" and addresses some of the questions of weaving autobiography into novels. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/books/28irvi.html?_r=1 That question wasn't directly posed by the interviewer. She asked it more obliquely, questioning the portrayal of women in Last Night. Here’s a good profile of him from the NYTIMES — the piece came out to coincide with his last book, “Until I Find You” and addresses some of the questions of weaving autobiography into novels.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/books/28irvi.html?_r=1

That question wasn’t directly posed by the interviewer. She asked it more obliquely, questioning the portrayal of women in Last Night.

]]> By: Alik http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2010/02/25/john-irvings-fantastic-bookends/#comment-1208 Alik Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:47:32 +0000 http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/?p=1637#comment-1208 On top of eloquence and wit, he was charmingly naughty to the moderator trying to reel him in. A thoroughly enjoyable evening with one of my favorite authors. Had I not happened to go to breakfast two Sundays ago at Goudy Commons with friends, I would have never known about the event. I wish there was better communication about the great things happening at Willamette University. On top of eloquence and wit, he was charmingly naughty to the moderator trying to reel him in. A thoroughly enjoyable evening with one of my favorite authors. Had I not happened to go to breakfast two Sundays ago at Goudy Commons with friends, I would have never known about the event. I wish there was better communication about the great things happening at Willamette University.

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