Re: JCO: RE: Nobel Prize

Hi, Andy. Yes, Morrison's BELOVED -- and her earlier novels -- deal with
slavery, which is still a blight in society. (In George Saunders' grimly funny
1995 dystopian novel CIVILWARLAND IN BAD DECLINE, we are presented with an
early-21st-century US in which the 13th Amendment has been repealed and slavery
reinstated. JCO's story "Family" in HEAT also posits a broken-down US
reorganized into family clans.)
I believe Pearl Buck was the first US woman to win the Nobel for THE
GOOD EARTH (1931) -- about a rural Chinese family -- and its 2 sequels. At that
time the West was embroiled in the Great Depression and headed for World War
II, so the tale of a family's struggle out of poverty in a war-torn society was
of great interest.
I think JCO's fiction indicates why Americans aren't angry about the
present war in the manner in which the Brits are. We're plenty angry, but we're
directing it in unsusal ways. (My aol screen had a feature last week:
"Americans ruder than ever.") Crazy weather patterns and global warming are also
factors.
Cyrano

In a message dated 10/14/2005 2:16:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
LitAsk@aol.com writes:

<< Toni Morrison won the Nobel in 1993, and the United States became involved

in the Gulf War just two years earlier (the resolution passed the House of
Representatives in January 1991 with exactly 50 more nays than the current
Iraq
war). I can't recall what the situation was in 1993, as I was too young to
be
politically cognizant, but of course that situation was not as inflammatory
as the current war, and with this war--well, let's just say I hope that JCO
lives to be VERY old if indeed an American can't win the Nobel while we're
involved in Iraq. As for Pinter being a Brit, I get the sense that the
people of
Britain have been a lot angrier for a lot longer about the war than people
in
the USA, as a whole.

Andy
>>
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Re: JCO: Journal titles

Hi, Cindi. And be sure to look at Tone Cluster's list of JCO's latest
publications (there must be at least 20!). The magazines and journals listed there
are ones to check out. (Also, in the front of JCO's latest short story books,
the magazines and journals in which those works appeared are listed.)
Happy hunting.
Cyrano

In a message dated 10/14/2005 3:20:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
pcdennis@adelphia.net writes:

<< Cyrano,

Thank you for the recommendations!

Cindi >>
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