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In his enduring fiction and criticism, Walter Sullivan has invited readers to share the thoughts of a penetrating, contemporary intellect. Now he turns his pen on his own life to forge a stirring memoir that fondly recounts the life of the mind. From childhood in 1920s Nashville, where his father died three months after he was born, to the halls of Vanderbilt University, where he taught creative writing for more than fifty years, Sullivan recalls key episodes in his lifeoften pausing to ponder why some memories of seemingly trivial events persist while others, seemingly more important, have faded from view. As witness to a series of social and cultural moments, Sullivan passes on his sharp observations about depression and war, southern renascence and civil rights. He also includes lively anecdotes and sharp character sketches, with personalities ranging from his grandmother Chigger and Sally Fudgewho had lived through the Civil War and was said to attend the funerals of people she didnt knowto Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt, with whose eccentricities he sometimes had to contend. Readers will discover a treasure trove of insights, as Sullivans views of academic life are complemented by r

Author

Sullivan (deceased), Walter

Publisher

Columbia: University of Missouri Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780826216311

Subjects

Memoir, Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction