tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post5731314946523831547..comments2024-03-22T12:57:57.273-05:00Comments on WOUNDED BIRD: MARILYNNE ROBINSON AND BARACK OBAMA June Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-25559583546525649272019-07-24T18:43:44.248-05:002019-07-24T18:43:44.248-05:00Charles, I have no arrangement to allow advertisin...Charles, I have no arrangement to allow advertising on my blog and no arrangements to collect payments. My response is no. June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-55532194588831726582019-07-23T13:51:13.684-05:002019-07-23T13:51:13.684-05:00Robinson is a believer, and I no longer am, so I d...Robinson is a believer, and I no longer am, so I don't always agree with her. Still, she writes/lectures beautifully and is always worth reading.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-68696769610190525432019-07-21T09:45:23.450-05:002019-07-21T09:45:23.450-05:00I stopped reading novels a while ago, after I burn...I stopped reading novels a while ago, after I burned out on words when I was in grad school studying literature. When I was reading, reading, reading I fell in love with Marilynne Robinson's work and it's good to be reminded. I may read her essays. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-9774467342740171762019-07-18T09:05:05.595-05:002019-07-18T09:05:05.595-05:00I had not thought of Robinson in terms of the grea...I had not thought of Robinson in terms of the greatest writer, but now that you mention it, and I've thought about it, I agree. <br /><br />Robinson's Jack in <i>Home</i> is a type of flawed saint like Sebastian Flyte in <i>Brideshead Revisited</i>.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-2791814387517288482019-07-18T07:15:44.788-05:002019-07-18T07:15:44.788-05:00That's one of the book of essays I haven't...That's one of the book of essays I haven't gotten round to yet. I love her novels, I love her essays even more. I especially love her great and suppressed long essay, Mother Country. She is the greatest writer in the English language during my lifetime, or at least of the ones I've read. The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.com