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

["Gray, Rich" <RGray AT montreat.edu>]

Enos,

 

Have you read any of Percy’s essays or interviews or the two biographies on him?  I don’t want to throw a bunch of books at you, but Percy’s non-fictional statements about what makes people and the world tick, reflect in his novels.

 

Rich Gray

 

From: percy-l-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:percy-l-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of D.E. Pierce
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 8:01 PM
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Subject: [percy-l] Hello from a new member.

 

Good evening, all.

My name is Enos, and I've just signed up here at Percy-L. I've visited here several times over the past few years, and while the discussion here seems rather sporadic, it's still (in so far as I can tell) the only Percy-centric message board going. So, here I am.

I'm 34, male, and I live and work (nominally given the current economic climate) in North Alabama.  With regards to those topics most often discussed on this board, I am largely self-educated.

I believe I came to Dr. Percy via Richard Ford, whose work (especially the Bascombe novels) I very much admire. I recall having heard or read somewhere Ford having remarked on Percy's influence, and I suppose I went from there.

The degree to which Dr. Percy's writings have influenced my thinking (or, perhaps better said, clarified already-brewing thought processes) over the past several years is difficult to understate. And just as Ford gifted me with Percy, Percy has gifted me with Dostoyevsky and Kierkegaard. Suffice it to say, it's been quite a literary pilgrimage.

Anyway, I look forward to reading and participating here.  Y'all take care.

e.