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It’s August 1st…
…and you know what that means, right? Only Thirty More Days Until PAT CONROY MONTH! Get Excited!!
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Well, THIS is Embarrassing: Wrapping up PAT CONROY MONTH! with a Review of Beach Music (by Bethany)
I never really had ‘80’s hair. My hair has been a lot of different lengths over the past 36 years, and once or twice I’ve thought it was a good idea to cut bangs, but overall my hair has always … Continue reading
In which my thirty-five year old self accidentally comes across my teenage self. Jill’s review of Pat Conroy’s The Lords of Discipline.
These are some thoughts I jotted down one night while I was having trouble getting to sleep. I think it’s kind of nonsense, but it’s heart-felt nonsense. I got lost tonight. I got lost and found a version of myself … Continue reading
Happy Pat Conroy Day: A Review of The Water Is Wide (by Bethany)
So today is Pat Conroy Day in the city of Tulsa – the day that inspired us to declare September to be PAT CONROY MONTH! here at Postcards from Purgatory, where gleefully one-upping small midwestern cities is an important part of … Continue reading
Well, Finally: A Review of Pat Conroy’s My Losing Season (by Bethany)
I read this book for the first time in the early months of 2003. The basement apartment I lived in that year – an on-campus apartment provided by my first boarding-school job – was huge and spacious with three bedrooms and … Continue reading
In which I visit a City of Books! Jill’s Review of Pat Conroy’s My Reading Life.
I’ve never been much of a non-fiction reader. So that’s why when Pat Conroy started publishing memoirs, first in 2003 with My Losing Season, and then in 2010 with My Reading Life, I didn’t rush out and buy them, despite … Continue reading
Welcome to PAT CONROY MONTH!! (by Jill)
Bethany first suggested PAT CONROY MONTH!! a few weeks ago, when we were both in the throes of Faulkner. It seemed like a great idea at the time for multiple reasons. First, Pat Conroy is easier than Faulkner. Second, our … Continue reading
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In Which I Start Writing about Food and End up Writing about Books: A Review of The Pat Conroy Cookbook (by Bethany)
On page 239 of his cookbook, Pat Conroy writes that book critics are “mostly bulimic, rail-thin – no great appetites there.” I laughed uproariously (laughing uproariously is a very Conroyvian thing to do) when I read this statement: clearly Conroy … Continue reading
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like PAT CONROY MONTH!: Some Reflections on the Reading Life and the Teaching Life (by Bethany)
Only two more shopping days until PAT CONROY MONTH! begins, people – are you ready? Because I am – I’ve been reading the Pat Conroy Cookbook for the past several days and am almost finished (yes, it’s the kind of … Continue reading
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
I know you might find this hard to believe, but sometimes I spend time doing absolutely nothing except diddling around on the internet. And a couple of days ago, when I was engaged in this particular activity, I happened to … Continue reading
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