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In keeping with my string of #weirdwords that English AUGHT to have from last week… While reading this I looked up “Pageant of Birds” to see if it was a common thing in southern churches I wasn‘t familiar with. Turns out it was a one-off fundraiser event in this particular church to raise money for a new piano. But… my search led me down an internet 🐇🕳️ suggesting “Pageant of Pigeons” as a communal noun, which I love!👇🏼

Amazing photographic record of depression era Mississippi. Apparently Welty‘s first job post college was as a photographer for the Works Progress Administration, but unsurprisingly the storyteller took her camera & sort of did her own thing. She may not have been a master photographer, but these images unlock a whole world I realized no one‘s ever really talked to me about, even though my grandmother lived through it just a few states over. #20in4

I posted this morning how time figured into this book. Tonight I finished it while on hold for an hour and a half trying to get the results of my Covid test, taken Monday morning. (Spoiler, no one ever answered the phone so I still don‘t know.) I highly recommend the book. I more highly do not recommend getting your test through Mako Medical. Welty‘s prose kept me calm. I‘m thinking I‘ll have recovered before I know - bad cold or mild Covid?

Clocks, especially ones that chime, figure in the beginning of this slim volume.

My #doublespin selection for July 2021 was this fascinating anthology of the lives of ordinary people. There have been some adventures about the dialect in some of these stories. Edited: pictured behind is the state of my library at the moment, due to a huge move with my husband. So, @TheAromaofBooks I am working on my list to participate in #August BINGO. Wish me luck! ☺️🙂📦🚚📚🙏🏻

This is such a good book! If you love Welty or Maxwell, the publishing process, or just good writing, you should read this book!

The publisher promised insights into the American South and stories worth reading, since Welty, even though not well-known in Europe, is s very influential writer in America.

Sadly, none of the stories worked for me. I felt bored and sometimes in a bad way confused. If it wasn't for different challenges, I would have DNF this book.

Book 16 of 20: a memoir of Welty‘s childhood and the evolution of her writing career in early 20th century.

#bookspinbonanza @TheAromaofBooks

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