tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post4657173119181931935..comments2023-12-01T02:19:48.765-08:00Comments on Ed Gorman's blog: When Novelists Sober UpEd Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-74898819161291158702009-08-01T13:09:31.065-07:002009-08-01T13:09:31.065-07:00Max, did you know a guy named Dave Gresham?Max, did you know a guy named Dave Gresham?Charlieoperahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876755029099726686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-18122150473866308452009-07-31T08:04:45.526-07:002009-07-31T08:04:45.526-07:00As Ed already knows, Yates was my mentor at the Un...As Ed already knows, Yates was my mentor at the University of Iowa Writers Workshop. My novel NO CURE FOR DEATH was written for his class, and is dedicated to him. He actually was quite prolific in his later years and wrote a number of excellent novels. And, as Ed said, the short stories are among the best of his generation.<br /><br />If he was a "one book" author it is only in that his first book was a masterpiece, and that all of his book were essentially the same book (but the same can be said of Raymond Chandler and so many others).<br /><br />He got me my first agent and without him I may not have had a career.Max Allan Collinshttp://www.maxallancollins.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-91236900303171955122009-07-30T04:55:12.280-07:002009-07-30T04:55:12.280-07:00I read that bio (Blake Bailey), too ... yes, very ...I read that bio (Blake Bailey), too ... yes, very sad.<br /><br />Then I learned my mentor (English teacher in North Dakota--Dave Gresham) attended the Iowa workshop when Yates was teaching there with Vonnegut and he said the guy was brilliant and more than kind--very decent. With all his troubles while at Iowa, Yates always went the extra yard for his students.<br /><br />Boy, this got me going ...Charlieoperahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876755029099726686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-58069883683981604842009-07-30T02:09:52.485-07:002009-07-30T02:09:52.485-07:00Makes me wanna smack this dude for saying Revoluti...Makes me wanna smack this dude for saying Revolutionary Road and then "nothing" ... <br /><br />I first read Yates a little over a year ago and couldn't put him down. I've read everything by him twice now. Easter Parade is a wonderful novel ... so is Young Hearts Crying, Cold Spring Harbor and the short story collection.<br /><br />Yates is up there with Malamud for me ... and I agree his work is every bit as good (if not better) than Hemingway on several levels.<br /><br />Revolutionary Road and then "nothing" ... what a jerk.Charlieoperahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876755029099726686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-45352318403123782002009-07-29T18:21:19.650-07:002009-07-29T18:21:19.650-07:00You're right, Patti. The Easter Parade is a be...You're right, Patti. The Easter Parade is a beautiful wan novel.Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-4674115977127383552009-07-29T18:15:52.379-07:002009-07-29T18:15:52.379-07:00Thanks for running this. Shone's piece is abou...Thanks for running this. Shone's piece is about the anguish of fine novelists who watched their talents and abilities erode or collapse. It is about the prison that they had entered and could not escape, and about the excuses and malice that arose in them even as they drank. The article is really about the sadness and desperation of boozy writers and the wasting of rich talent. <br /><br />RichardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-57235138884819752632009-07-29T18:01:07.816-07:002009-07-29T18:01:07.816-07:00I would also vote for THE EASTER PARADE. His colle...I would also vote for THE EASTER PARADE. His collected stories, published a few years ago, stacks up well against any similar collection. <br />His bio is one of the saddest I've ever read although Cheever's just out is close.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-82269907722792601392009-07-29T15:33:37.966-07:002009-07-29T15:33:37.966-07:00Yes, but did any of the writers involved choose to...Yes, but did any of the writers involved choose to succumb to the Writer's Disease with the Presidential Choice of Bud Lite? (The Professor has apparently opted for Red Stripe, the Cop for Blue Moon. NPR was moved to note that Boston's own Sam Adams was thus snubbed.) (Obama could've at least opted for the sensible and nearly local option of National Bohemian, Baltimore's [and perhaps the nation's] best cheap beer.)Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com