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Re: [percy-l] INVITATION: Join this summer's Walker Percy Slow Reading Group - (Starts Friday, June 5)
- From: Doug Brown <wply1223 AT gmail.com>
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- Subject: Re: [percy-l] INVITATION: Join this summer's Walker Percy Slow Reading Group - (Starts Friday, June 5)
- Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 08:52:51 -0400
Thanks for sending this, Henry. The “slow reads” are a great way to deepen our connection with Percy, and with each other. They are as sure a sign of summer as the frustration of being a Mets fan. This leads to two notes:(1) I would be happy with the selection of any of the four remaining novels for our exercise. The Second Coming intrigues me because it always seemed a little more light hearted than the others. Lancelot was always my least favorite aesthetically, but I wonder if that lack of enthusiasm is in this case at all justified. In short, I shall cheerfully go along with whatever novel is chosen.(2) To the extent that contributions are welcome from the dreaded “general reader,” though one with a profound love for Percy, I volunteer to serve one week to post questions, observations, etc. to get the discussion started, for whatever section our perspicacious moderator will choose.Thank you, Henry, for taking steps to continue this interesting facet of our electronic Percy gathering. I look forward to participating.Chuck LowryBrooklyn, New YorkOn May 22, 2026, at 12:40 AM, Henry P. Mills III <wppdirector AT gmail.com> wrote:Dear Percy-L Community and friends,
As in previous summers, we’ll be forming a slow reading group around a Percy novel, to be chosen by the group in the next few days. This year’s discussion will begin two weeks from today, Friday, June 5, and continue for six weeks. Typically, we cover 60 pages a week, depending on your edition of the novel we choose.
If our past groups have shown anything, it is that reading Percy together -- and responding in writing -- continually opens new layers of collective insight and fresh meaning. The slower pace of email discussion allows time for reflection and more thoughtful responses to one another. Last summer, we enjoyed a close reading of the Last Gentleman after reading the Moviegoer the preceding summer.
If you’d like to participate, please announce your interest now, as well as indicate your preference for this summer's novel. Feel free to share your background thoughts about your choice, and we will come to a group consensus in the next few days.
If you’d be willing to volunteer a short opening post or discussion questions one Friday, it would also be helpful to know that at this time. Volunteers are not expected to lead discussion beyond their post to the group for their week.
Please forward this invitation to friends, colleagues, and family members who may be interested in discovering Percy’s writings, even if they only wish to listen in. I look forward to another rewarding summer of reading Percy together, and I hope you’ll join us.
Best wishes in Percy,
Henry Mills
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[percy-l] INVITATION: Join this summer's Walker Percy Slow Reading Group - (Starts Friday, June 5),
Henry P. Mills III, 05/22/2026
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