From Nikkibar at aol.com Fri Sep 3 11:19:09 2004 From: Nikkibar at aol.com (Nikkibar at aol.com) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 11:19:09 EDT Subject: [percy-l] An interesting story Message-ID: <1d5.2a502ded.2e69e56d@aol.com> The followers of this list might find Richard Ford's story in the August 2 issue of the New Yorker of interest. It has interesting resonances of Percy's anomie and malaise. Nikki Barranger -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kterrell at sheastokes.com Fri Sep 3 11:52:01 2004 From: kterrell at sheastokes.com (Karl M. Terrell) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 11:52:01 -0400 Subject: [percy-l] An interesting story Message-ID: <7A5E4A01592B87438BF92B2CC0CA9DC204092F@at01.sheamcnitt.com> * * This communication is CONFIDENTIAL * * I saw the story, but haven't read it yet. I read his novels The Sportswriter and Independence Day. He's one of my favorites. Maybe some of the more serious literary types out there can explain why a fan of Percy is attracted to Ford's writing. My own blunt, vague little theory: It has something to do with the fact that he's a Southerner who finds himself misplaced -- in his case, in New Jersey selling real estate -- and yet he rolls along quite good-naturedly in this state of affairs. He accepts the dislocation, but not without insight and understanding. Karl M. Terrell -----Original Message----- From: Nikkibar at aol.com [mailto:Nikkibar at aol.com] Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 11:19 AM To: percy-l at lists.ibiblio.org Subject: [percy-l] An interesting story The followers of this list might find Richard Ford's story in the August 2 issue of the New Yorker of interest. It has interesting resonances of Percy's anomie and malaise. Nikki Barranger ************************************************************************************************ PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is only for the use of the recipient(s) named above. This message, and its attachments, may contain information that falls under the attorney-client and/or work product privileges. Receipt of this message by an unintended recipient does not constitute a waiver by the sender of any and all applicable privileges. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail and any attachments, or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipients, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, downloading, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail, permanently delete the e-mail and any attachments immediately, and destroy all copies. ************************************************************************************************ From sldye at bluegrass.org Fri Sep 3 13:31:32 2004 From: sldye at bluegrass.org (Steve L. Dye) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 13:31:32 -0400 Subject: [percy-l] An interesting story In-Reply-To: <7052B5072616674DBC416883DCB9FAE501006BF0@xman.bluegrass.board> Message-ID: <7052B5072616674DBC416883DCB9FAE50100F34A@xman.bluegrass.board> Thanks for the tip about the Ford story - I am a New Yorker subscriber but often skip the fiction. -----Original Message----- From: percy-l-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:percy-l-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Nikkibar at aol.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 11:19 AM To: percy-l at lists.ibiblio.org Subject: [percy-l] An interesting story The followers of this list might find Richard Ford's story in the August 2 issue of the New Yorker of interest. It has interesting resonances of Percy's anomie and malaise. Nikki Barranger -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cloudshill at cloudshillbooks.com Thu Sep 16 14:48:02 2004 From: cloudshill at cloudshillbooks.com (cloudshill at cloudshillbooks.com) Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:48:02 -0500 Subject: [percy-l] Percy Collection Message-ID: <20040916184803.LOKF22028.oe-iw2.bizmailsrvcs.net@localhost> Dear Members of the List, We have recently issued a catalogue for a large collection of material by Walker Percy, details of which follow: THE WALKER PERCY COLLECTION. Highlights include Percy's freshman college yearbook Yackety Yack (1934) inscribed "From the moviegoer at the best of times and at the worst of times" next to a photograph of Percy waiting in line at a movie house; an inscribed copy of Lanterns on the Levee: Recollections of a Planter's Son (1941), written by William Alexander Percy; inscribed copies of the scarce offprints Symbol as Hermeneutic in Existentialism (1956), Symbol, Consciousness and Intersubjectivity (1958), Culture: The Antinomy of the Scientific Method (1958), The Message in the Bottle (1959) and Naming and Being (1960); a significant number of magazine appearances in journals such as Partisan Review and The Sewanee Review, many of which are signed or inscribed; an inscribed copy of Percy's first book The Moviegoer (1961); the uncorrected galley proofs of The Last Gentleman (1966) inscribed by Percy "with thanks for liking this lousy version"; an inscribed first edition of The Last Gentleman (1966) with an original black and white photograph of Percy attending his daughter's wedding laid in; inscribed copies of Love in the Ruins (1971), Lancelot (1977), The Second Coming (1980) and Lost in The Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book (1983); signed limited editions of Bourbon (1979), Questions They Never Asked Me (1979), Diagnosing The Modern Malaise (1985), Novel Writing in an Apocalyptic Time (1986) and The Thanatos Syndrome (1987); the only existing transcript of Percy's testimony as expert witness "on social conditions in the south today" in a case regarding the use of the confederate flag by Covington High School that came before the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals (1970); and numerous letters to a close friend regarding everything from the rights of the film version of The Moviegoer to the creation of characters and the need for plot in novels. Approximately 100 titles. Offered as a collection only. Please contact Clouds Hill Books for more details and a complete catalogue of the collection. I would be happy to send along a copy of the catalogue to those members that request it. Please reply to me off-list at overty at cloudshillbooks.com. With regards, Darren Overty CLOUDS HILL BOOKS 18 Bank Street, Suite 4F New York, NY 10014 212-414-4432 212-414-4257 FAX www.cloudshillbooks.com cloudshill at cloudshillbooks.com From Nikkibar at aol.com Thu Sep 16 15:56:23 2004 From: Nikkibar at aol.com (Nikkibar at aol.com) Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:56:23 EDT Subject: [percy-l] Percy Collection Message-ID: <20.33e5705f.2e7b49e7@aol.com> I may well be interested in further details. Please send privately to me for my eyes only ( as opposed to the list)particulars of provenance of the collection. The transcript of Walker's testimony is snot the only one in existence however. I also have one and the original reposes in the archives of the Eastern District of Louisiana's Federal Court (New Orleans) which is in storage in Texas. G. K. Barranger nikkibar at aol.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cloudshill at cloudshillbooks.com Thu Sep 16 16:11:52 2004 From: cloudshill at cloudshillbooks.com (cloudshill at cloudshillbooks.com) Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:11:52 -0500 Subject: [percy-l] Percy Collection Message-ID: <20040916201152.LPNN22028.oe-iw2.bizmailsrvcs.net@localhost> We'll put a copy of the catalogue in the mail today. Thank you also for the info on the transcript - we'll update our records accordingly. Best, Darren Overty > > From: Nikkibar at aol.com > Date: 2004/09/16 Thu PM 02:56:23 CDT > To: percy-l at lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: Re: [percy-l] Percy Collection > > I may well be interested in further details. Please send privately to me for > my eyes only ( as opposed to the list)particulars of provenance of the > collection. The transcript of Walker's testimony is snot the only one in existence > however. I also have one and the original reposes in the archives of the Eastern > District of Louisiana's Federal Court (New Orleans) which is in storage in > Texas. > > G. K. Barranger > nikkibar at aol.com > > CLOUDS HILL BOOKS 18 Bank Street, Suite 4F New York, NY 10014 212-414-4432 212-414-4257 FAX www.cloudshillbooks.com cloudshill at cloudshillbooks.com -------------- next part -------------- -- An archive of all list discussion is available at http://www.ibiblio.org/wpercy/hypermail Visit the Walker Percy Project at http://www.ibiblio.org/wpercy From esch557 at yahoo.com Fri Sep 17 13:02:09 2004 From: esch557 at yahoo.com (eric schantz) Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:02:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [percy-l] That Percy collection Message-ID: <20040917170209.90978.qmail@web53502.mail.yahoo.com> Wow, Darren! That sure beats my offering of Percy items from a few weeks ago - by a mile. And mine was pretty respectable! You have everything there. I'm curious; The guy who bought my books asked me what it was about Percy that I liked, and why I was selling the books? Answers: When I read Lost in the Cosmos (profiled at the time in my issue of A Common Reader, where I first learned of it) I was hooked by his ability to accurately describe the modern condition in our society, combined with the answer providing the way out. iwas selling the books because i was moving to start a new graduate program (I'm a career student:) and I could use a little extra cash. And so...I ask you the same questions. Answer if you care to, though it's none of my business, I am most curious. -Eric Schantz -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: