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Re: [percy-l] "Living as an Ex-Suicide" by Jessica Hooten Wilson
- From: "Plemmons, Gregory" <gregory.plemmons AT Vanderbilt.Edu>
- To: "Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion" <percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [percy-l] "Living as an Ex-Suicide" by Jessica Hooten Wilson
- Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 13:57:18 -0000
Thanks for posting, Henry.
Tonight, I happened upon a video promoting the new PBS series The Great American Read featuring the young adult author John Green (link here: https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/a70ef29d-b06a-4f15-8a49-2d398b9e0444/the-great-gatsby-part-1-crash-course-english-literature-104/? ). While none of Percy’s novels made the top 100, watching the video, I had to smile on seeing The Last Gentleman atop a stack of books (screencap attached). I have no idea if this was Green’s idea or the producer’s, but it has struck me at times how Green, despite his YA label, is in many ways a worthy heir to Percy’s spirit, as he has explored many themes common to Percy throughout his novels, his protagonists often akin to Binx Bolling or Will Barrett. For those of you who may not be familiar with his work, his first novel (Looking For Alaska) examined a high school suicide with grief, hope, and search for meaning. Green wrote his sixth (arguably his most famous) novel The Fault In Our Stars after he interned for a year as a children’s hospital chaplain. And his latest, Turtles All The Way Down, is in some ways his most autobiographical, as he explores mental illness and depression and has been candid about his own struggles. Green's ability to finesse melancholy and humor have always reminded me of Percy, and his novels, like Percy’s, are never driven primarily by plot. Anyhow, when I saw The Last Gentleman perched next to him, it got me wondering if any other Percy fans have read him. If you haven’t, he’s worth a look. Gregory Plemmons
From: Percy-L [percy-l-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] on behalf of Marshall Smith [mhsmithjrlaw AT gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 8:07 PM To: Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion Subject: Re: [percy-l] "Living as an Ex-Suicide" by Jessica Hooten Wilson I have always marveled at the way Percy wrote about suicide philosophically and matter of factly at the same time. It’s obvious in his writing that he had a terrible familiarity with it but had also thought about the philosophical/moral/religious implications
deeply for many years.
Marshall
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[percy-l] "Living as an Ex-Suicide" by JESSICA HOOTEN WILSON,
Henry P. Mills, 06/19/2018
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[percy-l] "Living as an Ex-Suicide" by Jessica Hooten Wilson,
Henry P . Mills, 06/20/2018
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Re: [percy-l] "Living as an Ex-Suicide" by Jessica Hooten Wilson,
Marshall Smith, 06/20/2018
- Re: [percy-l] "Living as an Ex-Suicide" by Jessica Hooten Wilson, Plemmons, Gregory, 06/21/2018
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Re: [percy-l] "Living as an Ex-Suicide" by Jessica Hooten Wilson,
Marshall Smith, 06/20/2018
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