tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650738503631899640.post110292409048288338..comments2023-12-29T19:35:59.667-05:00Comments on Reading Matters: Ron Rash belongs in 'pantheon of great American writers'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650738503631899640.post-4947262661717266422014-11-23T10:22:04.916-05:002014-11-23T10:22:04.916-05:00I think, Mike, ‘southern writer’ is a fine moniker...I think, Mike, ‘southern writer’ is a fine moniker for those of us living in this magical region, but it’s not so elsewhere. Too many people outside the South view it as a narrow and provincial category—too often a product of their slanted educational system re slavery, etc.<br /><br />Faulkner and others were indeed Southern writers as you and I may apprehend but they were also universal interpreters of human nature generally and our joys and foibles in particular. This is the point I think Dannye and the reviewer are trumpeting.<br /><br />So let’s celebrate Rash’s accomplishment and gifts to not only southerners but peoples of the world.<br />John Clark/Dialectic Voyeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251948725700736300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650738503631899640.post-15316618161603951982014-11-23T10:03:03.843-05:002014-11-23T10:03:03.843-05:00I think "Southern writer" is the greates...I think "Southern writer" is the greatest title any writer can aspire to. Where would American lit be without Twain, Poe, Faulkner, and O'Connor?Mikehttp://mctuggle.com/noreply@blogger.com