Reclusive writer JD Salinger died this week at the old age of 91. He hadn't published anything since 1965, yet insider reports and common sense claim he's still been writing all these years. When the contents of Salinger's literary safe are revealed, will we see a dozen quality book manuscripts and hundreds of unpublished short stories, or will we see the leavings of a highly eccentric old man?
Either way, this is the sort of thing literary nerds like us dream of. Salinger, famous for The Catcher in the Rye, published more interesting works like Nine Stories or Franny & Zooey. He is a minor literary god, not anyplace near the heights of Stephen Crane, but it will be wonderful to see where he took his literary talent over the past silent 45 years.
Such time was never enjoyed by Mr. Crane, who died before his 29th birthday, and had not the luxury of leaving behind a secret stash of works, instead hurriedly dictating the end of his tales from his deathbed, for sake of money. Yes, life isn't fair, but at least Salinger fans who've waited all these years will see some payoff.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
State of the Blog Address
Fellow Crane Worshippers,
A couple days ago we listened to the President go on and on about a bunch of problems with America, and also every wonderful thing his administration has done for it so far. With a proper dash of Crane-style cynicism, we'll say it's good President Obama is keeping track of such things, so we can attend to the Stephen Crane matters of this blog.
As you know we have been going strong since November 2008 and have produced 30 Stephen Crane related posts thus far, to the tune of two a month. We've covered wonderful events like The Blue Hotel play and cd release, and amazing artifacts from a Lanthorn book to the Crane house. This year, 2010, we will announce our most exciting Crane contribution to date!
We considered unveiling it right off the bat, but then all our posts after that might be seen in a lesser light, so we're going to build up the suspense a bit before making the announcement. In the mean time you can always get onboard the Crane blog! Submit a guest post by emailing us or leave a comment below. My fellow Crane champions, the fate of the Red Blog of Courage rests upon your heads as well. Long live the legacy of Stephen Crane, mastersmith of letters!
A couple days ago we listened to the President go on and on about a bunch of problems with America, and also every wonderful thing his administration has done for it so far. With a proper dash of Crane-style cynicism, we'll say it's good President Obama is keeping track of such things, so we can attend to the Stephen Crane matters of this blog.
As you know we have been going strong since November 2008 and have produced 30 Stephen Crane related posts thus far, to the tune of two a month. We've covered wonderful events like The Blue Hotel play and cd release, and amazing artifacts from a Lanthorn book to the Crane house. This year, 2010, we will announce our most exciting Crane contribution to date!
We considered unveiling it right off the bat, but then all our posts after that might be seen in a lesser light, so we're going to build up the suspense a bit before making the announcement. In the mean time you can always get onboard the Crane blog! Submit a guest post by emailing us or leave a comment below. My fellow Crane champions, the fate of the Red Blog of Courage rests upon your heads as well. Long live the legacy of Stephen Crane, mastersmith of letters!
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