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 nonfictio...
| Main Author: | Conroy, Pat (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Conroy, Pat. |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| 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.