tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post5191035813742418730..comments2023-10-26T08:02:44.948-04:00Comments on Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State: On Reading Simone Weil and Flannery O’ConnorDon Pescihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-77176747204956905052014-10-22T16:10:53.458-04:002014-10-22T16:10:53.458-04:00Maybe I take O'Connor too seriously.
Her stori...Maybe I take O'Connor too seriously.<br />Her stories depress me, an east Texan.<br />A cartoonist? Not surprising then the inhabitants of her tales seem such caricatures. <br />Weil, on the other hand, is deadly serious. As she says, "truth is an explosive".<br />If her life has slapstick elements it is only because she dared to lay herself open to life, baring all.<br />She was no Clint Eastwood or Rambo and I dare say few of us are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-65425115968190452862014-02-02T18:28:59.159-05:002014-02-02T18:28:59.159-05:00I appreciate that you read it. Better to read eith...I appreciate that you read it. Better to read either author, especially Weil.Don Pescihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-27761043060241708682014-02-01T17:28:51.921-05:002014-02-01T17:28:51.921-05:00That was enjoyable to read, thanks for posting it....That was enjoyable to read, thanks for posting it.<br /><br /><br />Feel free to visit my web blog - Bing, <a href="http://www.bing.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bing.com</a>,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com