From wppdirector at gmail.com Thu May 3 02:47:41 2018 From: wppdirector at gmail.com (Henry P. Mills) Date: Thu, 3 May 2018 02:47:41 -0400 Subject: [percy-l] Walker Percy Weekend: Tickets to individual events on sale May 1 References: Message-ID: Dear Percy-L: The following is a breakdown of events. Full schedule at www.walkerpercyweekend.org . Best, Henry Mills Percy-L Administrator > > The summertime festival celebrating the life and legacy of the acclaimed author in St. Francisville, LA > No Images? Click here > > > June 1 - 3, 2018, St. Francisville, La > Question: How do you like your > Southern literature served? > > > Illuminated by scholars in historic surroundings? > > > Shared with writers in intimate, book-club settings? > > > Paired with wine and hors d'oeuvres beneath moss-draped live oaks? > > > Celebrated during a spirited crawfish and craft beer feast? > > > Toasted with summer-weight cocktails served on historic porches? > > If any (or all) of this sounds like a good time, the fifth annual Walker Percy Weekend is for you! Louisiana's most spirited literary festival brings acclaimed writers, speakers and scholars to St. Francisville for lectures, panel discussions, book study groups and spirited social events. > TICKETS TO INDIVIDUAL EVENTS ON SALE MAY 1 > GET YOURS BEFORE THEY SELL OUT > > CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS > > Walker Percy (1916?1990) wrote novels that explored the ?dislocation of man in the modern age.? Most of his work was set in New Orleans and around South Louisiana, including the semi-fictitious Feliciana, which the author based upon West Feliciana and the other Florida parishes. Percy?s debut novel, THE MOVIEGOER, won the National Book Award for Fiction, and was included on Time magazine?s list of the 100 Best English language novels from 1923?2005. In later works, including LOVE IN THE RUINS, THE LAST GENTLEMAN, and THE THANATOS SYNDROME, Percy continued exploring the search for meaning in an increasingly materialistic society via masterfully wrought tales delivered with a poetic Southern sensibility and informed by the author?s deep Catholic faith. > Festival proceeds support the JULIUS FREYHAN FOUNDATION ?an organization dedicated to restoring the historic Freyhan School building to serve as a community and cultural center for West Feliciana Parish. > > > Full schedule at www.walkerpercyweekend.org > > > Thanks to our Sponsors! > > > Nancy Vinci > Davis Family Foundation | Baton Rouge Area Foundation | Glynda & John Fetzer | Susan and Jimbo Roland | Sullivan Dental Center | Wyoming Plantation | Burns & Co. Realtor | UBS | Julie & Mitch Brashier | The Conundrum | Couhig Partners, LLP | Kevin Couhig | James Dart & David Parker | Brady Flavin - State Farm | Louise and Bishop Charles Jenkins | Noelle and Sam LeBlanc | Polly and Conville Lemoine | The Levasseur Family | Record Agency | Steve Sandahl | Lynda and Peter Truitt | Ms. Sue Turner | Carly & Adam Whatley | Donna Wright | Janice Wynn > > > > > The Walker Percy Weekend is presented by the Julius Freyhan Foundation, P.O. Box 1636, St. Francisville, LA, 70775 > www.freyhanfoundation.org > > ??Like? > ??Forward? > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wppdirector at gmail.com Thu May 10 05:08:01 2018 From: wppdirector at gmail.com (Henry P. Mills) Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 05:08:01 -0400 Subject: [percy-l] Soulcraft, Indirectly: Reading Walker Percy's "Lost in the Cosmos" by Brian A. Smith Message-ID: <5944EA03-FED0-4FB0-AADB-38ABEF89DFE9@gmail.com> Dear Percy-L: Community members will enjoy this short and interesting read from a recent presentation by Brian A. Smith, author of Walker Percy and the Politics of the Wayfarer (Lexington Books, 2017). Reflecting on the themes of LC again is always a delight, as Smith reminds. If the community wishes to consider taking up another Percy book for listserv discussion this summer, LC might be a very worthy choice. Please and do share their thoughts with the group if you have interest in an organized Percy reading discussion for this summer. For now, enjoy the below article link! All best, Henry Mills Percy-L Administrator __________ Soulcraft, Indirectly: Reading Walker Percy's "Lost in the Cosmos" By Brian A. Smith, Managing editor of Law and Liberty, May 4, 2018 http://www.libertylawsite.org/2018/05/04/reading-lost-in-the-cosmos-today-walker-percy/ The following is a notable quote from Smith?s piece: "Lost in the Cosmos isn't exactly a conversation, but it has more in common with Socrates, Plato, and Thomas Aquinas than it does with a treatise. Platonic dialogues take opposing views seriously, as do Thomas' efforts to lay out his own reasoning. Percy's multiple choice questions serve a similar function. The trouble with direct argument that Percy doesn't mention directly?but that's implied in the way he says "words are worn out"?is that people are very good at deflecting arguments they don't want to hear. To really accept an unsettling argument, it's not just our rational capacity that needs to be persuaded; our hearts need to be won over, too. This requires a different approach...." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jhforest at gmail.com Wed May 16 09:31:45 2018 From: jhforest at gmail.com (Jim Forest) Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 15:31:45 +0200 Subject: [percy-l] re "Love in the Ruins" Message-ID: An insightful essay on one of my favorite novels, "Love in the Ruins" by Walker Percy... http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/walker-percys-funny-and-frightening-prophecy/ Jim Forest -- new book: *At Play in the Lions' Den: a biography and memoir of Daniel Berrigan* www.jimandnancyforest.com/2017/06/daniel-berrigan-bio/ recipient of the International Thomas Merton Society?s ?Louie? award: *The Root of War is Fear: Thomas Merton's Advice to Peacemakers * www.jimandnancyforest.com/2016/06/root-of-war-is-fear/ *books in print: *www.jimandnancyforest.com/books/ *web site: *www.jimandnancyforest.com *photos: *www.flickr.com/photos/jimforest/albums/ *Amazon author page*: www.amazon.com/author/jimforest -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lauren.stacy.berdy at gmail.com Wed May 16 17:27:13 2018 From: lauren.stacy.berdy at gmail.com (Lauren Berdy) Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 17:27:13 -0400 Subject: [percy-l] re "Love in the Ruins" In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0CF54802-1CAD-4734-B63D-FDD3858731BC@gmail.com> Yes Insightful But How do we know the author doesn?t go home and kick the cat? Words somehow are loosing their transmission After all, we end at our fingertips Trump is an apparition of our shadow selves He is us and we have this in us And It is beyond revealing But don?t stop there Dr Percy taught us to suck crayfish with everyone the possibility for transcendence Happens when you least know it Sent from my iPad > On May 16, 2018, at 9:31 AM, Jim Forest wrote: > > An insightful essay on one of my favorite novels, "Love in the Ruins" by Walker Percy... > > http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/walker-percys-funny-and-frightening-prophecy/ > > Jim Forest > > -- > new book: > At Play in the Lions' Den: a biography and memoir of Daniel Berrigan > www.jimandnancyforest.com/2017/06/daniel-berrigan-bio/ > > recipient of the International Thomas Merton Society?s ?Louie? award: > The Root of War is Fear: Thomas Merton's Advice to Peacemakers > www.jimandnancyforest.com/2016/06/root-of-war-is-fear/ > > books in print: www.jimandnancyforest.com/books/ > web site: www.jimandnancyforest.com > photos: www.flickr.com/photos/jimforest/albums/ > Amazon author page: www.amazon.com/author/jimforest > * Percy-L Discussion Archives: http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/percy-l/ > > * Manage Your Membership: http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/percy-l > > * Contact the Moderator: percy-l-owner (at) lists.ibiblio.org > > * Visit The Walker Percy Project: http://www.ibiblio.org/wpercy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wppdirector at gmail.com Sat May 26 07:54:41 2018 From: wppdirector at gmail.com (Henry P. Mills) Date: Sat, 26 May 2018 07:54:41 -0400 Subject: [percy-l] Announcement: Books & Bourbon Strolls. Panels & Parties. Walker Percy Weekend is 1 week away (June 1-3) Message-ID: June 1 - 3, 2018, St. Francisville, La One week from now ? ? three hundred readers, writers, scholars & thinkers will gather in St. Francisville for the fifth annual Walker Percy Weekend . The literary festival blends the best of Southern literary exploration with spirited hospitality, in one of Louisiana's loveliest small-town settings. A handful of tickets to individual events, (including the lectures, the Saturday night crawfish boil, and the legendary Progressive Front Porch Bourbon Stroll) are still available. GET YOURS BEFORE THEY'RE GONE CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS Walker Percy (1916?1990) wrote novels that explored the ?dislocation of man in the modern age.? Most of his work was set in New Orleans and around South Louisiana, including the semi-fictitious Feliciana, which the author based upon West Feliciana and the other Florida parishes. Percy?s debut novel, THE MOVIEGOER, won the National Book Award for Fiction, and was included on Time magazine?s list of the 100 Best English language novels from 1923?2005. In later works, including LOVE IN THE RUINS, THE LAST GENTLEMAN, and THE THANATOS SYNDROME, Percy continued exploring the search for meaning in an increasingly materialistic society via masterfully wrought tales delivered with a poetic Southern sensibility and informed by the author?s deep Catholic faith. Festival proceeds support the JULIUS FREYHAN FOUNDATION ?an organization dedicated to restoring the historic Freyhan School building to serve as a community and cultural center for West Feliciana Parish. Full schedule at www.walkerpercyweekend.org Thanks to our Sponsors! Nancy Vinci Davis Family Foundation | Baton Rouge Area Foundation | Glynda & John Fetzer | Susan and Jimbo Roland | Sullivan Dental Center | Wyoming Plantation | The American Conservative | Burns & Co. Realtor | UBS | Julie & Mitch Brashier | The Conundrum | Couhig Partners, LLP | Kevin Couhig | James Dart & David Parker | Brady Flavin - State Farm | Louise and Bishop Charles Jenkins | Noelle and Sam LeBlanc | Polly and Conville Lemoine | The Levasseur Family | Record Agency | Steve Sandahl | Glenn Solomon | Lynda and Peter Truitt | Ms. Sue Turner | Carly & Adam Whatley | Donna Wright | Janice Wynn The Walker Percy Weekend is presented by the Julius Freyhan Foundation, P.O. Box 1636, St. Francisville, LA, 70775 www.freyhanfoundation.org If you's rather not to receive future emails about this event, please unsubscribe using the link below and we'll quit bugging you. ??Like? ??Forward? Preferences | Unsubscribe -- Henry P. 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