Good to see you highlighted Edith Wharton and Pearl Buck recently. Wharton was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize as you write. But you didn’t note that Pearl Buck was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize and is quite neglected today, at least among the academic group. I don’t think the Library of American Series even has a publication for Buck, but I haven’t checked recently. I once queried them as to why, but I never got an answer. Best to you for all your work. — Doug Capra, Seward, Alaska.
What has happened to Garrison Keillor’s narration for TWA? I had recently renewed my subscription and he’s no longer there. The new fella is kind of flat. Pretty disappointing.
"When we get these thruways across the whole country, as we will and must, it will be possible to drive from New York to California without seeing a single thing."
John Steinbeck's observation on traveling Eisenhower's Autobohn (I-90) in 1962 seems prescient about the American electorate in 2024. The self indulgent focus of the American electorate on what is in (or not in) their wallet has blinded them of the beauty of the by ways and backroad of America that form the backbone of the "American Experiment" I fear that, similar to 1860, we are in a position where that "last great hope" of democracy for our world is in danger of being extinguished.
Where is our Prairie Lawyer to save us from the demons that lurk inside?
Good to see you highlighted Edith Wharton and Pearl Buck recently. Wharton was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize as you write. But you didn’t note that Pearl Buck was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize and is quite neglected today, at least among the academic group. I don’t think the Library of American Series even has a publication for Buck, but I haven’t checked recently. I once queried them as to why, but I never got an answer. Best to you for all your work. — Doug Capra, Seward, Alaska.
Thanks, Doug. I can't reply following the instructions. Far too complicated. This probably won't reach you either. Michael Sykes
Thanks for your response. It did reach me. I’m still trying to find out why Pearl Buck isn’t getting the attention she should, at least my opinion.
What has happened to Garrison Keillor’s narration for TWA? I had recently renewed my subscription and he’s no longer there. The new fella is kind of flat. Pretty disappointing.
"When we get these thruways across the whole country, as we will and must, it will be possible to drive from New York to California without seeing a single thing."
John Steinbeck's observation on traveling Eisenhower's Autobohn (I-90) in 1962 seems prescient about the American electorate in 2024. The self indulgent focus of the American electorate on what is in (or not in) their wallet has blinded them of the beauty of the by ways and backroad of America that form the backbone of the "American Experiment" I fear that, similar to 1860, we are in a position where that "last great hope" of democracy for our world is in danger of being extinguished.
Where is our Prairie Lawyer to save us from the demons that lurk inside?