tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post8641317827297400704..comments2024-02-25T09:45:48.931-05:00Comments on Lally's Alley: ANOTHER MUSICAL GATHERING IN THE 'SHIRELallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-45985267028774973262010-09-04T18:15:09.040-04:002010-09-04T18:15:09.040-04:00Have you read Susan's memoir of her father, ti...Have you read Susan's memoir of her father, titled HOME BEFORE DARK? A good read. Also, I might have already mentioned this book, but Blake Bailey wrote a fascinating bio of Cheever called A LIFE.<br />It is full of stuff about Iowa City and the workshop.<br />suzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-85562525265911970882010-09-04T10:00:38.550-04:002010-09-04T10:00:38.550-04:00Suzanne, I did like it. In fact I did a reading wi...Suzanne, I did like it. In fact I did a reading with her just after her book came out and she read from it, which turned me on to it. I love books like that.Lallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-380208640940885252010-09-04T06:36:01.613-04:002010-09-04T06:36:01.613-04:00Sounds like a lovely time....I am listening on CD ...Sounds like a lovely time....I am listening on CD to a book you might like, titled AMERICAN BLOOMSBURY, by Susan Cheever (John's daughter).<br />It's about how Hawthorne, Melville, Emerson, Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, and the Alcotts all lived practically on the same street in Concord etc...and how they were in and out of each others lives. <br />It's nicely written...not too long either.<br />suzanneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com