tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post8003081301155456272..comments2024-03-28T12:00:55.653-07:00Comments on FURROWED MIDDLEBROW: The first Americans: the beginning of a new listFurrowed Middlebrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-42114005405060935402018-05-04T05:58:59.628-07:002018-05-04T05:58:59.628-07:00Antin graduated from my Alma Mater, Boston's G...Antin graduated from my Alma Mater, Boston's Girls Latin School!GSGreatEscaperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03362042499522934670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-28512587658897386732018-05-02T09:32:49.065-07:002018-05-02T09:32:49.065-07:00It is such a great concept, the "flowing"...It is such a great concept, the "flowing" or multi-volume novel sequence. I recently began two such, Mazo de la Roche's Jalna and C.P. Snow's Strangers and Brothers. In his excellent 1967 survey The Novel Now, Anthony Burgess includes an illuminating chapter called "The Novel as a River".Patrick Murthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103905929956454199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-91960247504113460582018-05-02T09:21:18.369-07:002018-05-02T09:21:18.369-07:00I know just what you mean, Constance. I've tri...I know just what you mean, Constance. I've tried numerous times to get (and keep) a handle on the books I have, but I always end up losing track again as new books arrive and (considerably fewer) old books depart. But it was a noble project, and I'm impressed you could even have thought of it in the course of moving!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-73905685631429700782018-05-02T09:10:29.973-07:002018-05-02T09:10:29.973-07:00Thank you, Melissa. Yes, for some reason I'm n...Thank you, Melissa. Yes, for some reason I'm not sure I'll be a fan of Aldrich either, but I should give her a try, and I appreciate the clarification about Mother Mason. A Dram of Poison is definitely on my "short" TBR list, as it looks so intriguing. I'm not quite sure about Black Oxen, but if you do read it be sure to let me know what you think. Atherton was quite prolific, so if you become a fan you'll have your reading cut out for you!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-35254362788546019872018-05-02T09:05:53.219-07:002018-05-02T09:05:53.219-07:00Surely you were already a star, Tom, but I'm h...Surely you were already a star, Tom, but I'm happy I was able to add to the shine!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-81473608265081119582018-05-02T09:05:13.319-07:002018-05-02T09:05:13.319-07:00I'm embarrassed to say I had to look up roman ...I'm embarrassed to say I had to look up roman fleuve, Patrick, but now I find that I can tell people I'm a fan of romans fleuves! I hope I can inspire some interest in these authors--at any rate I seem to be inspiring it in myself. I already don't know where to start, and I'm only in the A's.Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-48707673993261656532018-05-02T09:02:01.636-07:002018-05-02T09:02:01.636-07:00What would your high school English teacher say ab...What would your high school English teacher say about watching the movies instead of reading the books, Tom?!?!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-47898034587396184562018-05-02T09:01:00.824-07:002018-05-02T09:01:00.824-07:00I think I might have come across Antin at some poi...I think I might have come across Antin at some point, as her name is familiar, but I had completely forgotten her. She sounds quite interesting, I'll take a closer look at her work. Thanks, Kat!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-76195821961846894762018-05-02T05:16:09.327-07:002018-05-02T05:16:09.327-07:00Great start and I am impressed you found so many c...Great start and I am impressed you found so many covers! When I moved about 8 years ago, I had spreadsheets of the books I owned and was determined to cross reference/augment as I packed in case I did not unpack everything. My packing was very slow because I kept trying to scan covers to Goodreads where missing. I would still be in that former apartment if I hadn't finally given up and started jamming books into boxes.CLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03595294217111602231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-89252056818128556712018-04-30T06:51:44.889-07:002018-04-30T06:51:44.889-07:00Usually the authors you post about are total unkno...Usually the authors you post about are total unknowns to me (which is good because New Authors!! but also bad because Abebooks costs $$$)<br /><br />But I actually know and own quite a few of these authors. <br /><br />Bess Streeter Aldrich was a favorite of my mother's. I'm not quite the fan, though I enjoy what I've read of her books. I can see the confusion about Mother Mason because it is actually both a story collection and a novel--sort of little vignettes of the main character's life, strung together to make a loose narrative. I'd call it a novel myself.<br /><br />Charlotte Armstrong is an intriguing writer to me because she's kind of all over the place. Some of her books are light, and others fairly dark. My favorite is a Dram of Poison, which is one of the lighter ones. Lots of interesting characterizations in that book, where people's personalities are shown in a harsher light than we'd normally see because of the situation they are in.<br /><br />I've had Gertrude Atherton's Black Oxen sitting around for years. I mainly bought it because Clara Bow was in the movie (I love Clara) but have yet to either watch the film or read the book. But your plot synopsis makes me want to rush home and start reading it now. Glandular therapy?!Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14918417021606182361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-47329446261335621802018-04-28T09:41:22.760-07:002018-04-28T09:41:22.760-07:00Are there truly no coincidences? Yesterday at the...Are there truly no coincidences? Yesterday at the library, someone brought up that early Marilyn MOnroe film "Don't Bother to Knock," and I was able to swan it all over everyone, and say, "Oh, and did yoou know that was based on a Charlotte Armstrong novel....?" They all looked at me with new (and truly, unwarranted, respect!)<br />So, thanks, Scott, for at least a few moments, I was a star!<br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-32312571893914268042018-04-28T07:58:56.635-07:002018-04-28T07:58:56.635-07:00A great start to this project! Maybe you will insp...A great start to this project! Maybe you will inspire some collecting of these authors, whose works line the shelves of older used bookshops and are often quite easy to obtain. I read Harriette Simpson Arnow's The Kentucky Trace many years ago, and also Dorothy Aldis's Beatrix Potter biography Nothing Is Impossible, whoch was owned by the children's room of my local public library. I have been meaning to get around to Gertrude Atherton, Bess Streeter Aldrich, and Mary Austin forever, and I am intrigued by the existence of romans fleuves by Marguerite Allis and Dora Aydelotte. Patrick Murthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103905929956454199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-775381873862179982018-04-27T10:02:03.415-07:002018-04-27T10:02:03.415-07:00I know I have heard of, and perhaps even read, at ...I know I have heard of, and perhaps even read, at least one of yoour authors (Armstrong) and I cannot decide if it is just because if being a librarian and being asked for books, but I may have heard of a few others. AND have seen some of the movies - can that please count?<br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-92191368827303425712018-04-27T09:12:14.393-07:002018-04-27T09:12:14.393-07:00I am wondering if you are familiar with Mary Antin...I am wondering if you are familiar with Mary Antin, an immigrant from Polotz, located in what is now Belarus, who came to Boston with her family in the 1900s. "The Promised Land" tells of their life as Jews in Russia and how they attempted to become totally American when they arrived in the US. It's a pretty fascinating tale.Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01973822736864545886noreply@blogger.com