Hello! I’ve told this story before, but I suppose I’ll tell it again. I met Shirley Hazzard in the fall of 2000. I’d been hired to adapt her novel, The Transit of Venus, for Warner Brothers, after stalking it for a while. I walked into her apartment on E. 66th Street ostensibly to interview her for
I, too, have TRANSIT on my nightstand, along with two back issues of The Atlantic, one of the more obscure Graham Greene titles (JOURNEY WITHOUT MAPS) and a Breece D'J Pancake collection of stories. With the business otherwise slowing to a holiday party-laden crawl over the next few days, I hereby vow to make that second attempt myself before the New Year. Thanks for the push!
The Transit of Venus still waits on my nite stand. I’m getting closer to beginning it again. It helps to know I’m in good company. Thanks for having faith in me. Xo MIL
I, too, have TRANSIT on my nightstand, along with two back issues of The Atlantic, one of the more obscure Graham Greene titles (JOURNEY WITHOUT MAPS) and a Breece D'J Pancake collection of stories. With the business otherwise slowing to a holiday party-laden crawl over the next few days, I hereby vow to make that second attempt myself before the New Year. Thanks for the push!
The Transit of Venus still waits on my nite stand. I’m getting closer to beginning it again. It helps to know I’m in good company. Thanks for having faith in me. Xo MIL