Author Pat Conroy has passed away. R.I.P.
There are some wonderful videos with Pat Conroy on YouTube.
(Though Pat Conroy was not a poet, placing this post in this section anyway.)
Pat Conroy
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Hi,
Found this book to be of interest: Conversations with the Conroy's: Interviews with Pat Conroy
and His Family, published by the University of South Carolina Press.
Found this book to be of interest: Conversations with the Conroy's: Interviews with Pat Conroy
and His Family, published by the University of South Carolina Press.
Re: Pat Conroy
Hi,
Just finished A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life.
The book is Copyright 2016 by Pat Conroy. I like it a lot.
Just finished A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life.
The book is Copyright 2016 by Pat Conroy. I like it a lot.
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Hi,
The song "Lili Marlene" briefly comes up in Pat Conroy's novel South of Broad.
It's a remarkable book. Fans of Leonard Cohen's "Famous Blue Raincoat" are likely
to think of "Famous Blue Raincoat" upon reading about or hearing "Lili Marlene."
The song "Lili Marlene" briefly comes up in Pat Conroy's novel South of Broad.
It's a remarkable book. Fans of Leonard Cohen's "Famous Blue Raincoat" are likely
to think of "Famous Blue Raincoat" upon reading about or hearing "Lili Marlene."
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Hi Steven - and thanks!
I'm glad to see this thread again - I'd meant to post a response.
And I totally agree about South of Broad - a truly remarkable novel.
I am a big fan of Pat Conroy's books - particularly the later ones - like Beach Music, and South of Broad. His writing was so incredibly rich and wonderful - about the South.
Have you seen the movie "Conrack." I had seen it years ago and then just recently it was available on cable TV. Based on Conroy's book "The Water is Wide" - about his experiences as a teacher when he was a young man, at a school on an island off the South Carolina coast. Jon Voight is wonderful as the actor playing "Conrack" (the kids' version of "Conroy"). Music by John Williams.
Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTePeZag_yI
I, along with so many others, were so looking forward to the new novel he was promising - and then - he was gone ... So sad when Pat Conroy passed away last year.
“Music could ache and hurt, that beautiful music was a place a suffering man could hide.”
― Pat Conroy, Beach Music
“Without music and dance, life is a journey through a desert.”
― Pat Conroy
“Comely was the town by the curving river that they dismantled in a year's time. Beautiful was Colleton in her last spring as she flung azaleas like a girl throwing rice at a desperate wedding. In dazzling profusion, Colleton ripened in a gauze of sweet gardens and the town ached beneath a canopy of promissory fragrance.”
― Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides
“The only word for goodness is goodness, and it is not enough.”
― Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides
I'm glad to see this thread again - I'd meant to post a response.
And I totally agree about South of Broad - a truly remarkable novel.
I am a big fan of Pat Conroy's books - particularly the later ones - like Beach Music, and South of Broad. His writing was so incredibly rich and wonderful - about the South.
Have you seen the movie "Conrack." I had seen it years ago and then just recently it was available on cable TV. Based on Conroy's book "The Water is Wide" - about his experiences as a teacher when he was a young man, at a school on an island off the South Carolina coast. Jon Voight is wonderful as the actor playing "Conrack" (the kids' version of "Conroy"). Music by John Williams.
Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTePeZag_yI
I, along with so many others, were so looking forward to the new novel he was promising - and then - he was gone ... So sad when Pat Conroy passed away last year.
“Music could ache and hurt, that beautiful music was a place a suffering man could hide.”
― Pat Conroy, Beach Music
“Without music and dance, life is a journey through a desert.”
― Pat Conroy
“Comely was the town by the curving river that they dismantled in a year's time. Beautiful was Colleton in her last spring as she flung azaleas like a girl throwing rice at a desperate wedding. In dazzling profusion, Colleton ripened in a gauze of sweet gardens and the town ached beneath a canopy of promissory fragrance.”
― Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides
“The only word for goodness is goodness, and it is not enough.”
― Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides
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Hi sturgess66,
Thank you for your post. No, haven't seen the movie Conrack. Thanks for mentioning it.
Will get ahold of the DVD.
I wonder if Pat Conroy had been a fan of Leonard Cohen's music. (Each utilized the ashes of life
as ingredients of creative output.) The first two of the Pat Conroy book-derived quotations in
your post sound Leonard Cohen-like in their tone and expression.
Thank you for your post. No, haven't seen the movie Conrack. Thanks for mentioning it.
Will get ahold of the DVD.
I wonder if Pat Conroy had been a fan of Leonard Cohen's music. (Each utilized the ashes of life
as ingredients of creative output.) The first two of the Pat Conroy book-derived quotations in
your post sound Leonard Cohen-like in their tone and expression.
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Good news Steven!
Conrack, the movie, is available on YouTube - in 4 parts - uploaded by Brenda J. Peart, (She puts "GOOD UPLOAD" in the titles because, it is! There are other uploads but with a tiny screen - or more than 4 parts)
She has the 4 parts in a playlist - so one part slides into the next.
Here ---> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... 52fcVs_Pox
And yes, I agree - the quotes - rather "Cohenesque"
Conrack, the movie, is available on YouTube - in 4 parts - uploaded by Brenda J. Peart, (She puts "GOOD UPLOAD" in the titles because, it is! There are other uploads but with a tiny screen - or more than 4 parts)
I just watched a bit of it - so good!It's got to be 40 years or so I believe when I first saw this film while attending school in Jamaica WI in the early 70s ... I remember reading the book as well.
Time to explore the terrain... I now live in the Lowcountry of South Carolina!!!!
She has the 4 parts in a playlist - so one part slides into the next.
Here ---> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... 52fcVs_Pox
And yes, I agree - the quotes - rather "Cohenesque"
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Hi sturgess66,
Thanks. Looking forward to watching the movie. Hopefully will be able to do so within
a week or so.
Thanks. Looking forward to watching the movie. Hopefully will be able to do so within
a week or so.
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Hi sturgess66,
Watched the movie and enjoyed it.
Watched the movie and enjoyed it.