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  • From: "Henry P. Mills III" <wppdirector AT gmail.com>
  • To: "Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion" <percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [percy-l] From 1974: Walker Percy on the humbling, eccentric craft of writing (America Magazine)
  • Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 01:17:05 -0500

Dear Percy-L:

The community may enjoy this short review of Paul Horgan's Approaches to Writing that Percy penned in 1974 for America Magazine. As mentioned in the article of Horgan, "though less well-remembered than Percy or his other peers, Horgan was twice the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He was also awarded the Laetare Medal by the University of Notre Dame in 1976 and the Campion Award in 1957 by America."

Besides doing justice to Horgan's book in which the author reminisces about his craft, Percy offers a few choice words for his readers as food for thought:

"Writing for a living is, for some reason or other, the only occupation to which people still ascribe a species of demonism."

“Bad writing is instructive in its own way. A fine writer's thoughtful analysis of his own trials and errors is valuable indeed.”

This recent re-print of the review also includes a short eulogy Horgan wrote for Percy, as well as a fine photograph of Percy holding -- at the edge of the photograph -- no doubt, his favorite drink, bourbon.

Enjoy!

https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2022/01/31/walker-percy-writing-review-242287


Best regards,
Henry Mills




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