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Louella Bryant's avatar

Keillor should turn his face to the wall. He should turn it there and keep it there. I'm a big fan of yours, Richard, but afraid I've turned my face away from Keillor.

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Richard Goodman's avatar

I want to thank you, Ellie, for reading my stuff and taking the time to write about it. I appreciate it quite a bit.

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Christopher Helvey's avatar

Nice article, Richard. Your words have inspired me to reread Winesburg, Ohio.

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Richard Goodman's avatar

I hope you like it second time around. As we know, some books fit perfectly into a certain age of ours, and, later, do not resonate. I'm curious to know what happens here.

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Greg Rohloff's avatar

My thoughts went to past high school reunions. We were a particularly close class of about 850 students, sticking together through the years. And I was amazed at the number of women who remained single or did not remarry after a divorce or the passing of a spouse. The longtime single men all seem to have a string of social companions that they date.

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Beth Anne Brink-Cox's avatar

I discovered "Winesburg, Ohio," when I was reading Betty Smith's "Joy in the Morning." In that book, Annie was starving to learn more while her new husband was a law student, and it was one of the many books she read. And just like Annie, I ran right to the library to get books listed in other books.

Several years later when I first discovered Keillor's work, THIS was exactly the book that came to mind. (Also Rose Wilder Lane's "The Old Home Town.")

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Richard Goodman's avatar

Hmm, now that's interesting.

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