Re: The Writers One Loves
jason varsoke (jjv@caesun.msd.ray.com)
Fri, 23 Jul 1999 15:42:41 -0400 (EDT)
Some of these are ground in history and have become most significant more
because the love I had for them at one time, than because the love I have
for them now. Sentiment.
In order of encounter:
Orson Scott Card: for showing that perspective determines truth. And
for giving this atheist the first glimer of spiritual consciousness.
JD Salinger: for giving this philosopher a way to interpret religion, and
a sense of spiritual quest. To show that the composite makes the whole.
Dostoyevski: for understanding mankind. For understanding mankind. For
understanding mankind.
Raymond Carver: for finally putting on the page the ambiguity of men's
struggle. For the narrative time bomb. For the gift of silence.
-jason