tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645257820286049979.post4252952375372460574..comments2024-03-22T23:25:23.590-07:00Comments on Writer's Island: What I’ve Been ReadingAmy Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01672520750241438143noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645257820286049979.post-15910668794000795182017-12-12T07:12:37.122-08:002017-12-12T07:12:37.122-08:00I read your poem today Ms Miller, and liked it, Th...I read your poem today Ms Miller, and liked it, The World Entire, and it reminded me of my daughter, the poet, Katie Schmid (MFA U of Wyoming at Laramie...2010, 2011? I don't remember) When still in high school, and I had read all Cormac McCarthy's books, she picked up, The Road. The most crushing, yet beautiful of his books, and she quoted him:<br />“Then they set out along the blacktop in the gunmetal light, shuffling through the ash, each the other's world entire.” <br />― Cormac McCarthy, The Road<br />McCarthy is just a "cowboy writer", No Country For Old Men, etc. but goddamn he's so good. Tommy Lee Jones final scene in the No Country movie stays in my mind every day. I paraphrase from my memory, I saw my father, horseback, cross the mountain in the snow and the going was rough, and he passed by, didn't say a word, made it over and made camp, and he saved me a place next to the fire. Many folks liked that movie "except the ending". It was among the best endings to movies I have seen in my life. It's what happens when I die--either I get a good long nap, or someone's saved me a place around the campfire and we'll have us a laugh, we friends, and tell a few jokes.<br />Take one of my daughter's classes at U of N in Lincoln, and nary an author will BE a white male, unless they're used to compare and contrast. Once she went to France over Christmas break as an undergrad to take a class The Influence of African Writing on French Literature (or something like that) She just wanted to spend "my favorite New Years' ever!" in Paris chased by the gendarmes from the Eiffel Tower when protesters from the suburbs started throwing molotov cocktails.<br />I'm just proud of my daughter, is my entire comment theme. Thank you for reminding me of her so much this morning. I enjoyed your poem very much. My wife and I moved to NC from Los Angeles in 2014 and for me it was le petit mord. So I'm going to watch the video and cry now. Thanks again.<br />Cormac is a f*cking genius! And The Road, my god. Speechless.<br />https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3355573-the-roadShawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15362158543952477367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645257820286049979.post-58199197100931632632017-05-04T08:00:37.858-07:002017-05-04T08:00:37.858-07:00Wow! This is a beautiful post,love to read this ,t...Wow! This is a beautiful post,love to read this ,thanks for sharingLindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03693328314011739038noreply@blogger.com