tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post6539464917077549459..comments2024-03-28T22:15:17.067-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Books Week #4: "Get on the goddamn ship, Dad!" Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-40855411035666985832015-10-08T09:00:48.202-05:002015-10-08T09:00:48.202-05:00I remember reading this at the time. In fact I re...I remember reading this at the time. In fact I remembered the excerpt as soon as you said earlier in the week that you were going to be having book excerpts this week. I'm not sure what it says when your fans keep better track of these thing than you! Great writing as usual. I can't say I blame your dad though. Who wants their foibles put out to the world. I know that you put out your own but maybe it's different when someone else is doing it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-41108931854662473392015-10-07T19:52:14.602-05:002015-10-07T19:52:14.602-05:00looks like New Englandlooks like New EnglandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-17153607779937110042015-10-07T19:50:02.173-05:002015-10-07T19:50:02.173-05:00Beautiful fall photograph up there.Beautiful fall photograph up there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-18252351183165898872015-10-07T09:38:20.138-05:002015-10-07T09:38:20.138-05:00Tate: That was my thinking. But it only takes a li...Tate: That was my thinking. But it only takes a little spit to spoil the soup. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-42763065189593598352015-10-07T09:37:26.727-05:002015-10-07T09:37:26.727-05:00My wife reads it -- openly, not clandestinely. The...My wife reads it -- openly, not clandestinely. The boys occasionally. None of them post here. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-75001837635319900512015-10-07T09:36:11.013-05:002015-10-07T09:36:11.013-05:00It may have run in the excerpt in the paper a doze...It may have run in the excerpt in the paper a dozen years ago -- I wish I had thought of that. Would have saved me retyping it. <br />Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-78801121433010315312015-10-07T09:17:59.051-05:002015-10-07T09:17:59.051-05:00He sounds cheap and crabby.
Wonder if your spouse...He sounds cheap and crabby.<br /><br />Wonder if your spouse or offspring ever read or post on here clandestinely.Thinkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-31492600835353847462015-10-07T09:06:10.416-05:002015-10-07T09:06:10.416-05:00What about the depiction of his youth? It was cer...What about the depiction of his youth? It was certainly sympathetic at least; made him look heroic at times, I thought.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-55953173316895742062015-10-07T09:00:33.544-05:002015-10-07T09:00:33.544-05:00I remember reading, and enjoying, it. One wonders ...I remember reading, and enjoying, it. One wonders if you still have daddy issues, or if your parents have come around to the fact that many professional authors end up at odds with family and friends. As William Faulkner put it: "If a writer has to rob his mother he will not hesitate: The 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is worth any number of old ladies."<br /><br />You are right to be proud of the book -- or of getting any book published if one is not a celebrated politician or entertainer. Still, some disappointment at lack of public acclaim -- and compensation -- is understandable. Hilaire Belloc no doubt spoke for all authors when he wrote this little couplet:<br /><br /> "When I'm dead, I hope it might be said.<br /> His sins were scarlet, but his books were read."<br /><br />Tom Evans<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-6998692874476419722015-10-07T08:37:31.305-05:002015-10-07T08:37:31.305-05:00He was embarrassed to see his life in print. He th...He was embarrassed to see his life in print. He thought he looked petty. There was a scene where he asked me to pay for his cab ride to the airport in Denver -- I paid for the whole trip, but had overlooked that -- that rankled him. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-1664898426964587112015-10-07T08:21:43.182-05:002015-10-07T08:21:43.182-05:00From what I can read here, it 's a heartwarmin...From what I can read here, it 's a heartwarming story, well told. I remember reading this somewhere, perhaps one of your blogs. Many of us have been in that awkward exchange with our dads. I don't know why the book didn't do better. Perhaps it wasn't well publicized or the publisher didn't do enough. Anyway, you don't look like your dad at all. Must take after mom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-23997079356292858482015-10-07T08:13:17.680-05:002015-10-07T08:13:17.680-05:00I read the book and loved it. Thought it was an he...I read the book and loved it. Thought it was an heartfelt and largely sympathetic portrayal of a complicated father son relationship. Why exactly did your parents (dad in particular) despise it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com