Tag Archives: Wallace Stegner

Wallace Stegner and Joe Hill–Was He Guilty?

Posted on November 18, 2019 by jpkenna

On November 19th, 104 years ago, Joe Hill was executed by the State of Utah. The young itinerant laborer was born Joel Emmanuel Hagglund in 1879. After emigrating from Sweden to the United States he took the name Joseph Hillstrom, … Continue reading →

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Ivan Doig (1939-2015)–I Miss Your World

Posted on April 13, 2015 by jpkenna

Back about 1980, I was introduced to a town I’d never seen, reading a description by a newly acclaimed 40-year-old writer. And it stayed with me–a mid-1940s scene of a very young boy being happily dragged around by his ranch-hand, … Continue reading →

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Did William Faulkner Really Say This?

Posted on October 23, 2014 by jpkenna

In writing, you must kill all your darlings. Not according to John Crowley, writer of fantasy, science fiction and mainstream fiction. I was happy to read in Crowley’s “Easy Chair” column, in the November 2014 issue of Harper’magazine, that the … Continue reading →

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