CarrollBlog 3.10
The wonderful writer Barry Hannah died last week of a heart attack. If you've not read his short stories, you're missing a great treat. He was loved by many, both as a writer and as a mensch. The good words about him are coming in from all over. One story is particularly telling, especially for those of you with artistic aspirations but who spend too much time procrastinating. In case you don't know, a 'galley' is what a publisher sends you to make final corrections in before your book is published. One of Hannah's writing students drank too much. Everyone knew about it but didn't say anything until Hannah met this student late one weekday night in a downtown bar. The student was drunk.Hannah went up to him and said, "You shouldn't be here; you should be at home editing your galley."
The student said "But I don't have a galley-- I haven't even finished writing my novel yet."
Hannah said, "There you go."
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here's a link to one of Hannah's most famous stories, "Water Liars"
http://gardenandgun.com/waterliars
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"Reading and writing train our people for logic, grace, and precision of thought, and begin a lifelong study of the exceptional in human existence. I think literature is the history of the soul. Writing should be a journey into worthy perception."
Barry Hannah