*This’ll be Blake in a few years
I don’t know if you’ve read The Beans of Egypt Maine. I did—years ago. And I really liked it.
I remember reading something about it, forgetting the title, and then accidentally buying (and reading) that Dorothy Allison book instead. (Yeesh.)
A couple of years later, though, I found the real deal. I remember it being a bit bleak, but the language was strong and straight ahead. Good sentences.
There’s a really good article about Chute in The New York Times.
That’s her holding what looks like an AK-47. Her husband is a sculptor who never learned how to read. (Also, if you look closely at the photo of the two of them, he kind of looks younger than his giant gray beard suggests. It’s his eyes.) They have an anti-corporate militia. She still writes on a typewriter. They have a sign on their property that suggests one stay away: “Woa. Visitors Turn Back.”
They also have a bunch of Scottish Terriers. I don’t know why, but that strikes me as the weirdest part of the story.
Tags: AK-47's don't kick as hard, Blake's future, Carolyn Chute
one can only hope
one can only hope
I’m particularly looking forward to seeing you with a pack of small, strange dogs. Maybe Boston Terriers, though.
No wait. Palahniuk already has the “author obsessed with Boston Terriers” thing going.
Dachsunds?
I’m particularly looking forward to seeing you with a pack of small, strange dogs. Maybe Boston Terriers, though.
No wait. Palahniuk already has the “author obsessed with Boston Terriers” thing going.
Dachsunds?
i have four cats and my house stinks and i don’t need a sign- people just stay away!
man, I wish I could be as off the grid as her. I love it. I’m sort of jealous. Except for the “my baby died’ part of being off the grid. that i would not like.
great post, matthew, like always.i read the beans of egypt maine when i was 12. i think i liked it.
i have four cats and my house stinks and i don’t need a sign- people just stay away!
man, I wish I could be as off the grid as her. I love it. I’m sort of jealous. Except for the “my baby died’ part of being off the grid. that i would not like.
great post, matthew, like always.i read the beans of egypt maine when i was 12. i think i liked it.
pr is a spinster
pr is a spinster
I am. Sorry.
I am. Sorry.
‘spinster’ is hot. don’t be sorry.
hot in a geeky school girl kind of way.
‘spinster’ is hot. don’t be sorry.
hot in a geeky school girl kind of way.
Thanks, pr.
Does everyone see what I mean about him looking younger than his beard? His eyebrows are dark, and his eyes have a sharpness to them. Like he’s really paying attention. She, a little older, seems less concerned with looking at you directly.
I’m not sure this is always a function of age. She just seems a little weary from experience.
Thanks, pr.
Does everyone see what I mean about him looking younger than his beard? His eyebrows are dark, and his eyes have a sharpness to them. Like he’s really paying attention. She, a little older, seems less concerned with looking at you directly.
I’m not sure this is always a function of age. She just seems a little weary from experience.
i can’t see the full picture. it is cut off and no i am not using IE.
i can’t see the full picture. it is cut off and no i am not using IE.
i cut it off intentionally. sorry, jereme. i just liked that little section with the guns. if you read the times piece, you can see the full photo.
i cut it off intentionally. sorry, jereme. i just liked that little section with the guns. if you read the times piece, you can see the full photo.
Big grey beards make people look older than they are. So I think that is what that is about. Check out my buddy (he’s not near as old as he looks, due to greay beard):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV7z58zLHSc
Big grey beards make people look older than they are. So I think that is what that is about. Check out my buddy (he’s not near as old as he looks, due to greay beard):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV7z58zLHSc