Comments for Ann Napolitano

Comment on 1. Flannery O’Connor (1925-1964) by Ann

Ann — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:09:59 +0000

Thanks so much, Archie. That’s very kind.

Comment on 1. Flannery O’Connor (1925-1964) by Archie Begin

Archie Begin — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 07:22:18 +0000

I was no more than a couple of pages into ‘Within Arm’s Reach’ before I was overcome by a sense of deja vu…not because I found the topic or characters so familiar…it is your talent. I was overcome in much the same way a few years back when I first read ‘The Shipping News’ and Annie won the Pulitzer for that one, I believe. You are indeed in August company young lady and I look forward to anything else you choose to gift the world with in future with bated breath.

Comment on 1. Flannery O’Connor (1925-1964) by Katherin

Katherin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:47:49 +0000

Just happened upon your blog about Flannery and that you had been to Milledgeville while researching your book–which I did not know about but I will find and read soon. I live about 4 miles from Andalusia and we go there every so often. It is a beautiful place to visit!

Comment on 1. Flannery O’Connor (1925-1964) by Beth

Beth — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:26:21 +0000

As a big O’Connor fan, I was excited to see how she might be portrayed in your novel. I’m enjoying it so far but am intrigued by the character Lona’s heavy marijuana use. I have a hard time believing a straight white woman in a small Georgia town would have access to that drug in what, the early 60s? Or be able to get the smell out of her car. What governed your choice to make the character a pot head given the constraints of that time and place?

Comment on 1. Flannery O’Connor (1925-1964) by Ann

Ann — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:39:41 +0000

I assume you mean Mary Flannery, not Ann Flannery? How interesting, about the peacock from Thailand – I probably saw it while I was doing research. Thank you for the comment.

Comment on 1. Flannery O’Connor (1925-1964) by Richard Firth

Richard Firth — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:30:59 +0000

Ann Flannery O’Connor was a first cousin to my wife, Catherine Florencourt. I was intrigued by your cover. I brought Flannery a small peacock of from Thailand that is now among her artifacts on display at the University of Georgia in Milledgeville.

Comment on 5. Harriet Tubman (1822-1913) by Ann

Ann — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:57 +0000

Thanks, Erika – I appreciate it.

Comment on 5. Harriet Tubman (1822-1913) by Ann

Ann — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:12 +0000

I love suggestions, Laura, and those are great ones. Thank you. What a lovely, sad image of Grant you paint. I find military figures tricky, though, when considering whether a life is well-lived…

Comment on 5. Harriet Tubman (1822-1913) by Erika Robuck

Erika Robuck — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:20:24 +0000

How inspiring. Thanks for this lovely reminder of an incredible person in history.

Comment on 5. Harriet Tubman (1822-1913) by Laura Harrington

Laura Harrington — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:59:32 +0000

Ann, I love this series and can’t wait to see who is next on your list. I’m wondering if Carrie Chapman Catt or Lucretia Mott might make the cut. Also thinking of W.E.B. DuBois. And then there’s Ulysses S Grant who lived through such highs and lows over and over. That haunting image of him sitting on a borrowed porch, dying of throat cancer, having lost everything to his son in law’s stock market speculations, laboring to write the memoir that would support his family after his death. Who knew it would be one of the best military memoirs ever written?