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Nathanael West is so overlooked in modern times.

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Have been wanting to see this, haven’t been able to yet.

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Have you read her letters? (Collected in a massive volume under the title "The Habit of Being".) She was such a fascinating person for so many reasons. I can't wait to see this movie, and I truly hope they do her justice.

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Just watched the trailer yeah that movie looks great. Enjoy! I’ll look for it out here in SLC

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If I can get a sitter I’ll be there. This looks amazing.

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I will live though you. Sounds so awesome. I hate where I live! lol

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Let's gooo

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Going with a few friends. I can't imagine it will sell out, and the theater is a good one.

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I'm soooo jelly! I wish I could go! How fun. I hope it shows up digitally somewhere! "A Good Man is Hard to Find" is everything.

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I came about Shirley Jackson after I read an article about her name being removed from a university wing.

I now own me of her anthologies that was printed by. The 80s I believe?

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Why was her name removed?

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Posthumously cancelled for not self-censoring.

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Okay. Meaning she was viewed posthumously through a modern lens and deemed unfit?

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Yes. I think there was an article from Quilette or something that I had read. It was some personal letters she wrote that made comments on race relations. I’m not sure of the context. So I made sure to buy her anthology.

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I'll come through!

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I saw this was playing a few days ago at Living Room Theater in Portland and was gonna go see it the next day but it was already gone. I was chagrined. So glad to hear it is still around - I'll be there.

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I was able to catch this last month at Cinema 21 (only showed four times), so I'm thrilled it's getting another showing. The movie was everything I hoped for, though my affection for O'Connor includes a serious treatment of her Catholicism. I'm excited for y'all to catch it. Can't wait for the review!

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correction: Living Room Theater (by Powell's)

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Awwwh, yea!!!! Looking forward to it in bum funk Ohio.

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Saw it in Milwaukee a few weeks back. Ethan Hawke was there for a Q&A. The interplay between her circumstances and imagination/inspiration for her stories was handled in a really interesting way.

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This looks incredible. I haven't been out to SE Division area in a while - this may be in the cards.

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True but strange, it's the old porn theater, the "Oregon." A friend tried to lease it and said the graffiti in the bathroom was jaw dropping. No pun intended. I saw the Beyonce Experience there. Well, most of it.

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I was more of a Jefferson Theater type. You know, west side.

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Got it.

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It was filmed here in KY jellyland. I missed the screenings last month at the Speed Museum. Damn.

There is a PBS doc from 2019 about her too.

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I saw that! I'll be watching that today. Looks fantastic.

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Hey Chuck,

What's your favorite Flannery O'Connor short story, and what would you teach from it if you had the time?

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I've never recovered from "A Good Man is Hard to Find."

"Why would I want to come live in a broken-down place like this?"

Brutal.

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"She would have been a good woman...if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life."

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Wonder who the record holder is for author with the most biopics. Shakespeare?

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Jesus.

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Non-fiction, though

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Christ, I should have thought of that

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God?

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