July 8, 2003
MORE ERSKINE CALDWELL
From my personally autographed copy of God's Little Acre:
"I hate to cross you, Griselda," Ty Ty said determinedly. "Once I get started about you, I can't stop. I've just got to praise you. And I reckon any man would who has seen you like I have. The first time I saw you, when Buck brought you here from wherever it was you came from, I felt like getting right down there and then and licking something. That's a rare feeling to come over a man, and when I have it, it does me proud to talk about it for you to hear."
"Please, Pa," she said.
Nobody writes like that anymore. Toni Morrison got a Nobel, for shit's sake, but Erk was denied his. Posted by Kim Crawford at July 8, 2003 7:03 PM
Comments
What are you talking about? YOU write just like that !!
Posted by: Jack Straw at July 8, 2003 7:55 PMHey, you're right. Where's My Nobel?!?
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