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1929: Scarlet Sister Mary, by Julia Peterkin
Thanks to my good friend Graham, whose advice in a recent comment was to get this novel done and behind me, I bulled through the thing at lunch today, hence my somewhat rapid arrival (after weeks of s… more →
Following Pulitzer
This Thursday at the Murphy Library -- documentary by Atlanta filmmaker about the only South Carolina novelist to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
wrote 7 months ago: Writers, photographers and filmmakers are a valuable natural resource as they chronicle the times th … more →
Julia Peterkin - Scarlet Sister Mary
wrote 1 year ago: For a majority of this read I was trying to piece together what the central conflict for this work w … more →
1929: Scarlet Sister Mary, by Julia Peterkin
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wrote 1 year ago: Thanks to my good friend Graham, whose advice in a recent comment was to get this novel done and beh … more →
"Gal, if I was wicked as you an' as sho fo Hell as you is, I wouldn' stop prayin' day or night. Not me."
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wrote 1 year ago: Years may pass, but ol’ Maum Hannah is still going to make sure that Sister Mary (“Si Ma … more →
Resurfacing...
wrote 1 year ago: Sorry for the long silence on my end. Finishing school was a marathon of reading and writing, and w … more →
"Prayer-meeting was over, and the shouting was about to start."
wrote 2 years ago: This is what I can get into about Scarlet Sister Mary—these moments where I really do feel as … more →
"Get de box, June, and play me a tune. I rather dance by myself out here in de yard."
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wrote 2 years ago: I wish I could say I was getting into this novel, for Scarlet Sister Mary’s sake. She is a sa … more →
"Some sin is black, an' some ain' so black, but dis sin you had is pure scarlet."
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wrote 2 years ago: I saw many old friends today at a memorial service for a man I worked with for five years—it w … more →
Upstate Upstages
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wrote 2 years ago: Sounds like Thursday’s Tea Party here in Capital City was buttoned down compared to the Upstate’s fi … more →
"The black people who live in the Quarters at Blue Brook Plantation believe they are far the best black people living on the whole 'Neck'..."
wrote 2 years ago: “…as they call that long, narrow, rich strip of land lying between the sea on one side a … more →
Miscellaneous Follow-ups
wrote 2 years ago: I posted about South Carolina’s only Pulitzer prize-winning novelist Julia Peterkin yesterday. It tu … more →
Peterkin's Pot Boiler
wrote 2 years ago: While looking for something else yesterday, I came across an article in Time magazine from June 10, … more →
Ratings in Review
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wrote 2 years ago: After some delay, here are my rankings: 1. The Bridge of San Luis Rey 2. The Age of Innocence 3. So … more →
Rankings in Review
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wrote 2 years ago: So we finally finished our first decade, and it seemed like a good time to take a quick look back an … more →
Realistic Tale of Black Single Mom in 1870s South
wrote 2 years ago: In Scarlet Sister Mary, Julia Peterkin writes a deceptively shallow story of the post-Civil War Sout … more →
Scarlet Sister Mary: A chat
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wrote 2 years ago: Diablevert: So, Scarlet sister Mary. I’m flipping through the old reviews I downloaded a while … more →
Scarlet Sister Mary: Summary
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wrote 2 years ago: Scarlet Sister Mary is a bit of an odd duck of a book, Margaret Mead in Margaret Mitchell’s clothing … more →
"Black April" - Gullah Fiction
wrote 3 years ago: “Black April” by Julia Peterkin, author of “Scarlett Sister Mary”. A novel a … more →
Pulitzer Quest: Exerpt from "Scarlet Sister Mary"
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wrote 5 years ago: "Yesterday's sun is set, Si May-e. Last year's rain is dry. It's bet … more →
