Comments on: Thanks to Graywolf http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2007/11/thanks-to-graywolf/ :::this is the way the world ends::: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:16:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Shotts http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2007/11/thanks-to-graywolf/comment-page-1/#comment-1040 Shotts Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:32:06 +0000 http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2007/je/thanks-to-graywolf/#comment-1040 Yes, Graywolf and OUT STEALING HORSES had a big day yesterday and for this holiday season: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/books/review/10-best-2007.html?_r=1&oref=slogin We're scrambling now to make sure we have enough books in print to fill demand as one of the New York Times Book Reviews Best 10 Books of the Year. This usually means an additional 10,000-20,000 in sales, which is phenomenal for a book like this, on top of the 27,000 we've already sold. If you're looking for a good book to give at the holidays, this is it. Thanks to all of you who have read it already and passed on the good words! I may have to reread it, since it's been a year and a half ago that I actually read the book... Yes, Graywolf and OUT STEALING HORSES had a big day yesterday and for this holiday season:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/books/review/10-best-2007.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

We’re scrambling now to make sure we have enough books in print to fill demand as one of the New York Times Book Reviews Best 10 Books of the Year. This usually means an additional 10,000-20,000 in sales, which is phenomenal for a book like this, on top of the 27,000 we’ve already sold.

If you’re looking for a good book to give at the holidays, this is it. Thanks to all of you who have read it already and passed on the good words! I may have to reread it, since it’s been a year and a half ago that I actually read the book…

]]> By: Ned http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2007/11/thanks-to-graywolf/comment-page-1/#comment-1039 Ned Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:37:30 +0000 http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2007/je/thanks-to-graywolf/#comment-1039 I just noticed that the NY Times listed Out Stealing Horses as one of the ten best books of the year. I just noticed that the NY Times listed Out Stealing Horses as one of the ten best books of the year.

]]> By: Shotts http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2007/11/thanks-to-graywolf/comment-page-1/#comment-1026 Shotts Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:24:16 +0000 http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2007/je/thanks-to-graywolf/#comment-1026 Glad you've got what you need. I hope the students respond to the poems... Glad you’ve got what you need. I hope the students respond to the poems…

]]> By: Ned http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2007/11/thanks-to-graywolf/comment-page-1/#comment-1025 Ned Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:11:41 +0000 http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2007/je/thanks-to-graywolf/#comment-1025 Many thanks for these poems. I'm going to use poems by Hillman and Ford. Glad to read them too, as I was unfamiliar with both. It's funny, but I had chosen The Forge by Heaney so coupled with the Little Furnance it's a bit odd. I've switched the Heaney poem to one from Squarings. Thanks. Many thanks for these poems. I’m going to use poems by Hillman and Ford. Glad to read them too, as I was unfamiliar with both. It’s funny, but I had chosen The Forge by Heaney so coupled with the Little Furnance it’s a bit odd. I’ve switched the Heaney poem to one from Squarings.
Thanks.

]]> By: Shotts http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2007/11/thanks-to-graywolf/comment-page-1/#comment-1024 Shotts Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:26:57 +0000 http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2007/je/thanks-to-graywolf/#comment-1024 Ned-- Quickly: Sounds like a great assignment. Immediate thoughts for good and visual poems by women poets: "Star" by Rita Dove (I believe that's the title, from her Pulitzer book Thomas and Beulah); "Mock Orange" by Louise Gluck (very well-known poem); anything by Anne Carson; anything by the quirky Matthea Harvey; "Little Furnace" by Brenda Hillman (in her book Bright Existence); anything from Katie Ford's book Deposition; I would say Jorie Graham, but her poems are generally long. I hope that helps. Ned–

Quickly:

Sounds like a great assignment. Immediate thoughts for good and visual poems by women poets: “Star” by Rita Dove (I believe that’s the title, from her Pulitzer book Thomas and Beulah); “Mock Orange” by Louise Gluck (very well-known poem); anything by Anne Carson; anything by the quirky Matthea Harvey; “Little Furnace” by Brenda Hillman (in her book Bright Existence); anything from Katie Ford’s book Deposition; I would say Jorie Graham, but her poems are generally long.

I hope that helps.

]]> By: Ned http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2007/11/thanks-to-graywolf/comment-page-1/#comment-1023 Ned Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:11:47 +0000 http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2007/je/thanks-to-graywolf/#comment-1023 Jeff, I thought I'd throw this out there... I'm using poetry for a final assignment in my Freshman Color and Composition course. I'm selecting five to seven pieces from which the students must select one to respond to visually through a series of images. I am using a Heaney piece, a Szymborska piece, and a McNeice piece so far; I also have a possible Kenyon piece. Can you reccomend any poems that are relatively short and more or less accessible to the average freshman that would also give them pause about something? I could especially use women poets, as the class is about seventy percent girls. This probably should have gone under a different post, sorry. But now it's typed. Jeff,
I thought I’d throw this out there…
I’m using poetry for a final assignment in my Freshman Color and Composition course. I’m selecting five to seven pieces from which the students must select one to respond to visually through a series of images. I am using a Heaney piece, a Szymborska piece, and a McNeice piece so far; I also have a possible Kenyon piece.

Can you reccomend any poems that are relatively short and more or less accessible to the average freshman that would also give them pause about something? I could especially use women poets, as the class is about seventy percent girls. This probably should have gone under a different post, sorry. But now it’s typed.

]]> By: Shotts http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2007/11/thanks-to-graywolf/comment-page-1/#comment-1022 Shotts Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:30:15 +0000 http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2007/je/thanks-to-graywolf/#comment-1022 J.E.--Thanks for this great post, and above all, for reading OUT STEALING HORSES by Per Petterson. I'm really heartened, and not at all surprised, that you enjoyed it so much. Same goes for Ned. It is a novel very, very dear to me, and the fact that such a quiet, subtle, understated novel is a strong success in terms of critical attention, awards, and sales is really, for me, an outpouring of hope. I think it is a really fascinating book about being a son, becoming a father, and finding out how much we really do decide when it will hurt. I may have to reread the novel over the holidays: that seems like a good time to hunker down with it again. It's such a book about silence. J.E.--i agree with your feelings about the Scandinavian sensibility. It's very powerful to me. It runs through my veins. It's a large part of Kansas and Minnesota history. Ned--That is amazing to think of Eliot going to Kindergarten soon. I don't know that that means your influence on him will be waning, but your influence will be competing more strenuously with others, for sure. I suspect Eliot will only rise to the challenge, and will be ready for those other influences. Toby, Peters--I hope you'll find a chance to read OUT STEALING HORSES. J.E.–Thanks for this great post, and above all, for reading OUT STEALING HORSES by Per Petterson. I’m really heartened, and not at all surprised, that you enjoyed it so much. Same goes for Ned. It is a novel very, very dear to me, and the fact that such a quiet, subtle, understated novel is a strong success in terms of critical attention, awards, and sales is really, for me, an outpouring of hope.

I think it is a really fascinating book about being a son, becoming a father, and finding out how much we really do decide when it will hurt. I may have to reread the novel over the holidays: that seems like a good time to hunker down with it again. It’s such a book about silence.

J.E.–i agree with your feelings about the Scandinavian sensibility. It’s very powerful to me. It runs through my veins. It’s a large part of Kansas and Minnesota history.

Ned–That is amazing to think of Eliot going to Kindergarten soon. I don’t know that that means your influence on him will be waning, but your influence will be competing more strenuously with others, for sure. I suspect Eliot will only rise to the challenge, and will be ready for those other influences.

Toby, Peters–I hope you’ll find a chance to read OUT STEALING HORSES.

]]> By: Ned http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2007/11/thanks-to-graywolf/comment-page-1/#comment-1021 Ned Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:12:29 +0000 http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2007/je/thanks-to-graywolf/#comment-1021 To add to that, I realize that Eliot will begin kindergarten next year and the idea that my influence on him (better or worse) will be waning already and the tide of teachers' and peers' influence on him will be coming in, is somewhat of a reality check. I feel older this semester than I ever have. But that's not a lament, just a realization of my own limits. To add to that, I realize that Eliot will begin kindergarten next year and the idea that my influence on him (better or worse) will be waning already and the tide of teachers’ and peers’ influence on him will be coming in, is somewhat of a reality check. I feel older this semester than I ever have. But that’s not a lament, just a realization of my own limits.

]]> By: Ned http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2007/11/thanks-to-graywolf/comment-page-1/#comment-1020 Ned Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:04:44 +0000 http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2007/je/thanks-to-graywolf/#comment-1020 Good to know somebody has some time for good reading. Glad to hear you liked it. Interesting what you say about the formation of the self, especially for a dad... something that I have been all too conscious of lately. Good to know somebody has some time for good reading. Glad to hear you liked it. Interesting what you say about the formation of the self, especially for a dad… something that I have been all too conscious of lately.

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