Funmi,
Thank you for this. Forgive my ignorance but I cannot tell from your name if you're a man or a woman but please, my friend, accept my gratitude over your posting. Earlier this week I let someone on this forum "have it." He thought that it was because of personal reasons. He was right and he was wrong. It was personal but not on my behalf. I was angry at him over him.
I watched this program when it was first aired. When Mr. Rose and the guests spoke of George Plimpton I immediately thought of Ama Ede. He has the brass rail, that golden opportunity to put lightning where it has been before. He can create a 21st century Paris Review and the writers on this forum could more than populate the pages; magic could be exacted in black and white.
I loved every moment of that show. I love writers, writing, books, and words. I love them so much that they comfort me even when I've been told that I won't live to be fifty, to be a granma, or even to finally make my trip to the Motherland. Do you know the depth of what I'm trying to convey? I hope you do and since you posted this link I am sure that you do. There has yet to be a Black publication which could rival the work of Paris Review. It is the penultimate (for me). i have an off and on again romance with The Sun but that publication is only my mistress. Paris Review is my shining star. I am excited by the simple act of touching the pages.
I could listen to the story of how it was created and its' early days without the slightest tug of boredom. I am also one of the most ardent fans of the interviewer as well as his program. The Paris Review, a panel of gifted writers and editors, and Charlie Rose as host? That's a literary Christmas!!!!
I won't go on and on about it. Please do accept what I am writing as sincere. You have helped to make my day. In the midst of moving to a new home. My hospitalization on Monday for the third cycle of a 46 hour chemotherapy treatment will be more easily born while watching the program (over and over again).
La Vonda
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Funmi Tofowomo Okelola <cafeafricana1@aol.com> wrote:
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Watch The Paris Review on Charlie Rose, Here!
August 20, 2013 | by Justin Alvarez
Now we're making it really easy for you! For those readers who were unable to catch James Salter, Mona Simpson, Lorin Stein, and John Jeremiah Sullivan discussing The Paris Review's sixtieth anniversary on Charlie Rose, are you ever in luck! You can now watch the full segment below (sans introductory interview with Yelp founder Jeremy Stoppelman). Yes, we've given this a lot of ink, but what can we say—we're proud!
Funmi Tofowomo Okelola
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