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

[Charles Lowry <lowry.charles AT gmail.com>]

http://www.theconnection.org/shows/2005/06/20050623_b_main.asp

 

It may be time to repost this link to the Richard Ford radio interview in which he nominates The Moviegoer as "the book that changed my life."  I think it has been posted to the list once or twice before.

 

I am strictly a Percy amateur, both literally and metaphorically, a semi-literate salesman, but maybe after the February revenue goals are met (ha!), I'll send a few thoughts on some of the Percy-Ford co-happenstances that I have thought about.

 

Chuck Lowry

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Karl M. Terrell <kterrell AT sheastokes.com> wrote:

Enos,

 

I was introduced to Percy in college, late 70s (back when I also had time to read Dostoyevsky).  I do not count myself by any stretch as a scholar on Percy -- just a fan, really -- but I've read everything by or about him that I can get my hands on.  His ideas are thought-provoking, and his writing style really grabs and fascinates me.  

 

I admire Richard Ford also, who I discovered later, almost by accident.  In an airport, needing a book for the flight, I grabbed a paperback "Independence Day" (I think I was attracted to the lady golfer's legs on the cover).  I've since read all three of the Bascombe novels.

 

I'd be interested to hear from those more knowledgeable than me concerning their thoughts on Ford, WP's influence on Ford, and comparisons of WP and Ford.

 

Karl

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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
To: percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org
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.

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