2001 July | Mental Kudzu :: My life on the River of Strange

Marlin Fitzwater — Esther’s Pillow

Esther’s Pillow by Marlin Fitzwater PublicAffairs Books July 2001, 256 p., $25.00 hardback
Stories, like dragons, are hard to kill.
Former White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater rows across the river of historical fiction with both oars in the water. As the quintessential media-man, Fitzwater can sure write the story. This time, [...]

Written on July 15, 2001 | Posted in Southern Life Words | Leave a comment

Anne Tyler - Back When We Were Grownups

O, may I join the choir invisible . . .
Ruth gets up from the porch swing, walks over and hands me Anne Tyler’s new book, Back When We Were Grownups, open to page 220. She looks confused.
“For some reason, I am reminded of a quote from George Eliot’s Middlemarch. I can’t quite put my finger [...]