tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post7718246848579543135..comments2022-07-19T07:48:28.683-04:00Comments on Belle, Book, and Candle: Thomas Wolfe House and MuseumBellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-18480560791349210202014-08-23T13:57:32.725-04:002014-08-23T13:57:32.725-04:00Thank you so much for clearing up the mystery of t...Thank you so much for clearing up the mystery of the red book, Jonah. I was just looking at the photo again a few days ago and still could not decipher the title. You either have very good eyesight or you have visited Wolfe's home and seen his desk!Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-27642820077874789732014-08-23T03:30:20.617-04:002014-08-23T03:30:20.617-04:00The faded book in the center of the bottom picture...The faded book in the center of the bottom picture is "People and Politics Observed by a Massachusetts Editor", by Solomon Bulkley Griffin (I cannot claim to have read it, though). Thank you for a fascinating entry.jonahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15748280004681714527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-67869816760827197932014-07-27T09:04:26.665-04:002014-07-27T09:04:26.665-04:00Ah, Tullik. As usual you have piqued my interest i...Ah, Tullik. As usual you have piqued my interest in an unread-by-me author. I will try out some of Wolfe's short stories. He also wrote plays which I was told by the tour guide were not very successful. <br /><br />The house was in the Wolfe family until it was turned into a museum so the articles in it are authentic. I thought most of the house and its furnishings had been destroyed in a fire in 1998 but was told that only the newer portions - added by Wolfe's mother, Julia - were damaged. Fortunately, they have since been restored.Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-71560762698261084522014-07-27T08:57:33.968-04:002014-07-27T08:57:33.968-04:00Hi, Kathy. I would also like to visit the homes/st...Hi, Kathy. I would also like to visit the homes/studios of visual artists. I found this site but haven't had time to see if there are any places near me. A whole new group of 'tours' to investigate!<br /><br />http://www.preservationnation.org/travel-and-sites/sites/artists-homes.html?related_state=#.U9T2Q_ldWHw<br /><br /><br />Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-38397926246844356282014-07-27T08:50:38.308-04:002014-07-27T08:50:38.308-04:00Kat, I think perhaps I will try a few of his short...Kat, I think perhaps I will try a few of his short stories...although perhaps they won't be too short! I don't think I am ready for his 500-plus page 'Look Homeward, Angel'.Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-13848894741114500982014-07-26T11:12:37.027-04:002014-07-26T11:12:37.027-04:00Thanks for this Belle. It is wonderful to see the ...Thanks for this Belle. It is wonderful to see the intimate photos of the house where he lived in, spooky in a way. As you know from my previous comments I am a huge fan of his work, He is not difficult to read but can be dense at times and sometime appears he is impatient in getting all he wants to tell us on the page. “The Web and The Rock” is one of my favourites and the relationships between Jack and Esther is memorable. The skewering of the characters of Ashville (Libya Hill-thinly disguised from what I have read in Biography by Andrew Turnbull) is relentless. The large warts are not disguised but in truth are probably accurate of any small town in its hypocrisy with its “lace curtain” judgments. Please give him a try! Tullikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10524256855855014534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-29287578602333973602014-07-26T08:08:21.538-04:002014-07-26T08:08:21.538-04:00I haven't read anything by Wolfe, either. But ...I haven't read anything by Wolfe, either. But I'm with you and Penny about seeing the spaces where writers write. I'm going to make it a point in future to search for writer's homes in the areas I travel!Kathy A. Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01499969787028085716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-8556300674405849642014-07-25T14:59:29.198-04:002014-07-25T14:59:29.198-04:00Belle, I love your petite literary tour! Now I wa...Belle, I love your petite literary tour! Now I want to read something by Wolfe. I do know several men who love his work. Somehow I've never tried it...Kathttp://mirabiledictu.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-21197403963435489182014-07-25T11:49:07.529-04:002014-07-25T11:49:07.529-04:00Hi, Penny. I know. I love seeing houses where all ...Hi, Penny. I know. I love seeing houses where all that literary creativity took place. I think Carl Sandburg's home and Eudora Welty's are two of my favorites. They both look like the inhabitants are just out back in the garden and will be walking in the door any minute!Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148557807474310110.post-31320013405362254972014-07-24T22:08:50.758-04:002014-07-24T22:08:50.758-04:00My experience mirrors yours, Belle, but, I know I ...My experience mirrors yours, Belle, but, I know I would love to see this house and museum. There is always a hard to describe feeling that overcomes me when I see the desks, books, personal items of a writer and spend some moments in time in their "spaces". Penny O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14665025558373015362noreply@blogger.com