A lowcountry heart reflections on a writing life
Contains "a new nonfiction collection of letters, interviews, and magazine articles spanning Conroy's long literary career, supplemented by touching pieces from the beloved author's many friends. A Lowcountry Heart collects some of Conroy's most charming pieces of short nonfiction, many of them addr...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Nan A. Talese, Doubleday,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- A note to the reader / Nan A. Talese
- Introduction / Cassandra King
- Hey, out there. The first letter: an opening to the light ; Surprises on the road ; The fire sermon: speech by Pat Conroy, delivered at Penn Center ; On the future of books ; My spooky life ; My blogging life ; The Boo's lambs gather in Charleston ; Hitch 22: a great memoir ; the night the band played the "Tennessee Waltz" ; The man who inspired my Losing Season left us too soon... ; A room of her own...and the birth of Moonrise ; On the road again...airports, editors, publicists, and my writing life ; A long-lasting friendship: Charlie Gibson of Good Morning America ; Vietnam still haunting me... ; The teachers of my life ; Barbara Warley was loved by everyone ; How George R.R. Martin made me love dire wolves, giants, dwarves, and dragons... ; A eulogy for a Southern gentleman ; Remembering an irreplaceable friend ; The best night in the life of this aging Citadel point guard... ; The summer I met my first great man ; Andie MacDowell at the Beaufort Film Festival ; Mina & Conroy Fitness Studio ; A few things I wish I had told Ann Patchett... ; Conroy at seventy--happy birthday to me ; On Pat Conroy's Facebook page on the day of his passing
- The great Conroy. A conversation with Pat Conroy ; A letter to my grandson on sportsmanship and basketball ; Pat Conroy talks about the /south, his mother, and The Prince of Tides ; Pat Conroy speaks to Meredith Maran ; On my Paris days ; A letter to the editor of the Charleston Gazette ; A lowcountry heart ; Pat Conroy's Citadel speech ; Farewell letter / Bernie Schein ; The great Conroy: an homage to a southern literary giant and a prince of a guy, / Rick Bragg ; Eulogy / delivered by Judge Alex Sanders ; Acknowledgments / Cassandra King.
