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Bellow's People by David Mikics
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it was amazing
bookshelves: americans, hearts-laid-bare, men-of-letters, russian-childhoods

I found the chapter on Ralph Ellison especially interesting. I wish there'd been a full chapter on John Berryman - he's on the cover, and some of his lines haunt the text.
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Reading Progress

June 1, 2016 – Started Reading
June 30, 2016 – Shelved
July 1, 2016 – Finished Reading
July 22, 2016 – Shelved as: americans
July 22, 2016 – Shelved as: hearts-laid-bare
July 22, 2016 – Shelved as: men-of-letters
July 22, 2016 – Shelved as: russian-childhoods

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message 1: by Paquita Maria (new)
Jul 23, 2016 04:07AM

Paquita Maria Sanchez Berryman was an Okie.


message 2: by Eric (new) - rated it 5 stars
Jul 23, 2016 09:58AM

Eric As was Ellison.


message 3: by Eric (last edited Jul 23, 2016 10:07AM) (new) - rated it 5 stars
Jul 23, 2016 10:05AM

Eric The weirdest meeting of my life was with the head of Literary Manuscripts at the University of Minnesota. We talked Berryman, in an office whose window showed a prefect view of the spot of ground where Berryman splatted, when he jumped from the bridge.


message 4: by Paquita Maria (new)
Jul 23, 2016 05:08PM

Paquita Maria Sanchez As was Guthrie. Okies love that one. (With good reason.)

Yeah, that about sums up everything I know about Berryman: he's from here, he jumped from a bridge in Minneapolis. Have I read him? No. Some day?


message 5: by Eric (last edited Jul 24, 2016 01:07AM) (new) - rated it 5 stars
Jul 24, 2016 01:06AM

Eric Florida and Oxford intervened between OK and the Bridge, so there's that. I've read the first 15 of the Dream Songs, then hit a wall.


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