Percy-L: Literary, Religious, Scientific, and Philosophical Discussion of Walker Percy

[Matthew James Sitman <mjs83 AT georgetown.edu>]

I recently joined Percy-L and after glancing through the archives found it 
was customary to provide a short introduction.

Currently I am a graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in the Dept. of Government 
at Georgetown University, where my major field of study is political theory. 
I came to Percy through the work of Peter Lawler, particularly his book 
Aliens in America: The Strange Truth About Our Souls. After reading more of 
Dr. Lawler's writings (and hearing him speak on a few occasions) and seeing 
Percy show up time after time, I decided to explore Percy for myself.

By the end of this summer I should finish my first reading of all of Percy's 
fiction, though I started with and have given significant time to his 
non-fiction work. 

Percy has already become an important figure in my intellectual development 
and I am looking forward to the discussions this group has to offer. As I am 
23 years old I am especially  interested in learning from those who have been 
thinking longer than  I about what Percy has to teach we denizens of the 21st 
century.

Best,

Matt Sitman
mjs83 AT georgetown.edu