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LOOK HOMEWARD HILLBILLY ANGEL, LOOK HARD

What does a hillbilly see when they look homeward?   From all appearances I’m not the only blogger with a Thomas Wolfe fixation. Yet anyone who takes the time to look homeward as an adult, especially an adult writer with a Thomas Wolfe problem, sees the past in new light. Hard reading does that, which […]

AUTHOR FANHOOD NEEDED FOR BOOMERS

If you’re a grown up adult, show your author fanhood. You have a favorite athlete, movie star? A favorite politician and king. Why not a favorite author? Where’s your author fanhood? It’s not that big a deal, and it doesn’t make you a pretentious phony. Fanhood reaches all areas of life, why not authors? College […]

WRITING CLASS: THOMAS WOLFE ON BOOMERPDX

Who needs a writing class? Everyone needs a writing class. Written by a baby boomer blogger, this writing class strikes to the heart of communication in written words. It’s a Writing Class, not talking class. Talking comes after writing class. First think about what you are writing, then write. Afterwards find someone to talk about […]

THOMAS WOLFE PACK ON THE PORCH

If you don’t live in a state with a celebrated novelist, go to North Carolina and Thomas Wolfe. This is dark suited Thomas Wolfe, author of Look Homeward Angel, not white suited Tom Wolfe, author of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Same neighborhood, North Carolina and Virginia, but different eras. That Thomas Wolfe was such […]

THOMAS WOLFE STYLE WITH ASHEVILLE LAUNDRY

What is Thomas Wolfe Style? Keep reading. Here in Thomas Wolfe’s hometown, I mean Asheville, as much a home as he ever had since he liked to keep moving, I’m doing laundry at the Dixieland Laundry on a Friday afternoon. From the looks of things I’m probably the only washer headed back to Grove Park […]