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- From: Stephen Holmgren <stephenholmgren AT me.com>
- To: percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: [percy-l] A place, or not a place
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2022 17:53:49 -0500
| I/we have retired back to St Francisville, familiar to Walker Percy Weekend fans, and on the radar screen of Percy readers, especially with respect to Thanatos. Here is an interesting paradox ~ to folks in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, St Francisville and West Feliciana Parish are viewed not so much in the sense of being “a place,” but more as a region that is historically interesting, and quaint, and an area to which one might make a day trip to see some places of interest and or to have a nice meal. Yet, to those who live around here, this parish and its families and history constitute “a place” in a very significant sense for those who live and work here. This constitutes a paradox about which I cannot image Percy was unaware, especially still having distant cousins in the parish who bear his family name, or who are yet related to him. |
- [percy-l] A place, or not a place, Stephen Holmgren, 03/19/2022
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