Comments for John Dufresne's Weblog

Comment on king’s head pub by deniselanier

deniselanier — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:22:42 +0000

god, i do love King’s Head–and that cider.

dang, now i need some–cold, frothy top, that first sweet-tart tang. MMMM.

thanks, john. it’s 9:18 on a saturday morning, and i now have the enormous desire for Strongbow. my coffee is laughing at me

Comment on writing exercises by minmonroe

minmonroe — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:14:55 +0000

Hello! I'm a reference librarian at ULM. (Sorry I didn't make it to your signing at Windows--I had to work that night). When I found out a little over a year ago that I'd gotten the job and thus would be moving here from my home state of SD, one of the first things I did was check the NoveList database for any fiction set in Monroe. There was of course only one, LP&L (Paradise apparently doesn't quite count as being in Monroe for NoveList purposes), and it was great. What's more, since moving here I have found that it was not too much exaggerated from reality, plus I still grin like an idiot every time I roll over a street after which you named a character. So anyway I'm writing now because I've seen that other readers send you news stories of strange and eccentric happenings, and there is of course a wealth of these around here. Unfortunately the story of the midget basketball team that hit a Ruston gas station in their van has already gone into the paid archive, but we still have: *Hundreds of pounds of chicken fat and innards spilled on I-20 for the second time in as many years *Petty politics, general insanity, and ethics violations plague the search for a new (or old) school superintendent. This all started in May with another story (also now archived) about "a [school] board member, a board employee, a potential candidate for superintendent, and the board's choice for the superintendent's search committee liaison [being] seated together in the Coffee Bean restaurant," purely by chance of course. :)

Comment on spoony by complicatedgame

complicatedgame — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:12:55 +0000

So glad to have found your blog.

You may wish to update your ‘word of the day’ link to this one so that it points to the correct location.

http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2008/08/06.html

Can’t wait to read your newest!

Bobby

Comment on About by nightmode

nightmode — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:42:36 +0000

Wow. I just finished Requiem Mass. As usual, the only thing I hated about it was that it ended. Thought I’d read every book you’d written, but I see from the list above that a couple are missing from my bookshelf.

Thank you for years of fun and escape. When I can bear to part with them, I give your books to people who I think will appreciate them, when I can’t, I buy or make them buy their own copies. There are a few authors whose books I covet and devour, but nobody makes me feel like I do when I visit with your folks.

One day I am going to make it to the east coast of Florida, or maybe you will come to the west coast. I would love to have a coffee, or what the hell, a scotch with you.

Just to keep it clean, I am married and not a psycho or stalker or dangerous in the way most people define the term. I have met and spoken or corresponded with Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Frantzen, Jane Juska, Charles Baxter, Thomas Lynch, and Joyce Maynard. That makes me something of a literary groupie, I guess, but books like yours, and some of theirs, get ahold of me and don’t let go.

Thanks,

Comment on requiem in requiem by nancyrose

nancyrose — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:56:13 +0000

Hi John! Your reading at the Odyssey was definitely the most entertaining of the several I’ve attended there.

Thanks for the memories.

I’ll keep checking your blog for that fabulous essay you read first tonight.

Nancy Rose
Amherst, MA

Comment on winfrida by Cliff Burns

Cliff Burns — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:52:14 +0000

It’s wonderful to see someone in the publishing biz who retains a true love of books. Based on some of the experiences I’ve had, I sometimes wonder if such people still exist. But a tip of the hat to Ms. Mbewe, may she continue to find happiness in her job…and spread the news on some of the terrific authors on the Norton roster…

Comment on updated book tour by cullyperlman

cullyperlman — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:22:50 +0000

Congrats on the new book, John. I’ll pick it up.

Back in Atlanta…too bad there’s no book tour stop.

Cully

Comment on hitchcock by DJ

DJ — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:07:48 +0000

I never caught the cameo in The Trouble with Harry. Great movie. I love a good black comedy.

It still amazes me that Hitchcock could pull off a cameo in just about every movie and it never seemed pretentious.