tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333594380363882958.post2674528928043821093..comments2023-08-28T03:19:34.617-07:00Comments on It's Nelly's World: Columbia v. YaleMelissa Holbrook Piersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15617752678155038816noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333594380363882958.post-38140696210809441192011-04-11T12:35:18.349-07:002011-04-11T12:35:18.349-07:00Thank you so much, Art! I think the operative wor...Thank you so much, Art! I think the operative word here is indeed "random." That's the way I live . . . following my nose. Sometimes it takes me straight to the rotting carcass. And sometimes straight to something else, a byway. <br /><br />I can't explain anything. So all I can do is suggest. <br /><br />And continue wandering in the bookstacks of life.Melissa Holbrook Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15617752678155038816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333594380363882958.post-22226157025964081112011-04-08T19:33:20.301-07:002011-04-08T19:33:20.301-07:00Hi Melissa: I’m one of those odd and increasingly ...Hi Melissa: I’m one of those odd and increasingly rare individuals who roam the stacks of libraries, not out of ennui but from the fear that there are books I have yet to read and there is so little time, and can recall both Dewey Decimal and LC access numbers for subjects that have little in common with social networking or transgender personality conflicts. On one such walkabout, I came across your most recent book and was surprised and delighted to find that your mind apparently functions like mine: information is stored and retrieved using RAM, Random Access Memory. Certainly, The Place you Love is Gone has an emotive thread from start to finish, but along the way there are these lightning bolts that come out of nowhere to remind you that much of reality is in a memory, not always a pleasant one, and that the conflict between living in the moment and nostalgia is real and not imagined.<br />As for me, my memories of the places I loved were less tied to geography and footprints and more with the animals and birds I knew. It is nearly commonplace today to hear a man say he always knew he was a woman and a woman to know she was a man. Less commonplace, but no less important, is what I knew as a child. My inner voice told me that I must be part animal because only with them could I feel alive and in the moment. Of course, I had the requisite family dog which served as confidante, but the essence of dogdom was what I sought and still do.<br />More laterArtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333594380363882958.post-32504139457424596722011-04-07T08:48:25.909-07:002011-04-07T08:48:25.909-07:00I am extremely impressed with your writing skills ...I am extremely impressed with your writing skills and also with the layout on your blogvillanyszereléshttp://pkvillanyszereles.hunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333594380363882958.post-59290368191401138302011-04-05T07:01:08.008-07:002011-04-05T07:01:08.008-07:00Ain't that the truth! Amen.Ain't that the truth! Amen.Melissa Holbrook Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15617752678155038816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333594380363882958.post-9965068780546631182011-04-04T19:45:59.974-07:002011-04-04T19:45:59.974-07:00"Life is what happens while you're busy m..."Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans"<br /> - John LennonKevin G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17971072097191668750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333594380363882958.post-20876569716133483172011-04-03T07:48:35.456-07:002011-04-03T07:48:35.456-07:00Might sound trite but I couldn't (and wouldn&#...Might sound trite but I couldn't (and wouldn't) bother to write if there weren't smart and perceptive readers out there. Reading is itself a creative act, and reading well is as hard as writing well.<br /><br />That said, watch out: I'm about to make a dangerous offer. Steve, I'll give you a spot here (and I'll take a week off). Why dangerous? Well, if it reads like I think it will, I'll be out of a job.Melissa Holbrook Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15617752678155038816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333594380363882958.post-54419869748239093612011-04-02T14:29:02.469-07:002011-04-02T14:29:02.469-07:00I am convinced the person you are now following is...I am convinced the person you are now following is indeed you, Melissa Holbrook Pierson.<br /><br />As a creative writer wanna be, I could begin connecting words together like a chain on a VStrom or the miles of Interstate highway that connect New York with San Francisco. I am afraid, however, that no meaning will ever develop from such wanderings. So, it is here that I visit each Saturday morning and find another literary treasure that's easier to follow than any attempts I could make to pen my own.<br /><br />Thank you for taking the time to share them with us.<br /><br />SteveStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16237897840760771523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333594380363882958.post-13281043417546885502011-04-02T14:26:11.108-07:002011-04-02T14:26:11.108-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16237897840760771523noreply@blogger.com