Sally Cronin of Smorgasbord ( are you following her?) has reposted this today, and I am SO grateful! Pat Conroy has always been my favorite writer and seeing this reignites my unending admiration for the author who wrote my favorite novel, The Prince of Tides. Thank you, Sally Cronin!
This is the second post from the archives of Claire Fullerton, and this week a birthday celebration for renowned author Pat Conroy. An event over several days that clearly was a highlight for Claire.
Notes on Pat Conroy’s 70th Birthday Celebration in Beaufort, South Carolina (2015) by Claire Fullerton
It’s a long way from Southern California to Beaufort, South Carolina, but there was only one way to attend my favorite author’s 70th birthday celebration. In my mind, Pat Conroy is the king of American literary letters; his gift of lyrical language and sense of place is unparalleled, and I’d have rather flown across the country to meet him than anyone else in the world. Oh, I hemmed and hawed and weighed and measured to exhaustive degrees before I remembered life is short and I should grab onto its once in a lifetime opportunities with both fists. So I booked my…
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Thanks for boosting the post Claire.. ♥
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