Literary Super Bowl: Louisiana vs. Indiana

[Dur]

(Omnivoracious) - The mayors of the two Super Bowl cities often
concoct a symbolic wager of the fruits of their hometowns, but what
I'd love to see them bet instead would be a box of local books. A few
days ago, I ran across Chauncey Mabe's entertaining assessment of how
Indiana's literary legacy stacks up against Louisiana's. He makes a
valiant case for the Hoosiers against the more lauded lineup from the
Big Easy, noting that both Vonnegut and Dreiser called Indiana home,
and he really does his homework to credit Indiana with everyone from
Jean Shepherd and Phyllis Naylor to the creators of both Clifford and
Garfield. But it's just tough to go up against the pound-for-pound
quality of the writers who have hailed from and written about the
Pelican State, from Kate Chopin, Walker Percy, and John Kennedy Toole
to Tennessee Williams, Anne Rice, and Ernest Gaines...

Continued: http://tr.im/LOUvsIND

[Big Red Jeff Rubard]

Post by Dur
(Omnivoracious) - The mayors of the two Super Bowl cities often
concoct a symbolic wager of the fruits of their hometowns, but what
I'd love to see them bet instead would be a box of local books. A few
days ago, I ran across Chauncey Mabe's entertaining assessment of how
Indiana's literary legacy stacks up against Louisiana's. He makes a
valiant case for the Hoosiers against the more lauded lineup from the
Big Easy, noting that both Vonnegut and Dreiser called Indiana home,
and he really does his homework to credit Indiana with everyone from
Jean Shepherd and Phyllis Naylor to the creators of both Clifford and
Garfield. But it's just tough to go up against the pound-for-pound
quality of the writers who have hailed from and written about the
Pelican State, from Kate Chopin, Walker Percy, and John Kennedy Toole
to Tennessee Williams, Anne Rice, and Ernest Gaines...
Continued:http://tr.im/LOUvsIND

" 'LA' not 'Double-Wide' ":

If I had to choose a side, I would choose *the best*.
I don't live there and don't go there.
*That, in point of fact, is all*.

[Robert Cohen]

On Feb 7, 1:10 pm, Big Red Jeff Rubard

Post by Big Red Jeff Rubard

Post by Dur
(Omnivoracious) - The mayors of the two Super Bowl cities often
concoct a symbolic wager of the fruits of their hometowns, but what
I'd love to see them bet instead would be a box of local books. A few
days ago, I ran across Chauncey Mabe's entertaining assessment of how
Indiana's literary legacy stacks up against Louisiana's. He makes a
valiant case for the Hoosiers against the more lauded lineup from the
Big Easy, noting that both Vonnegut and Dreiser called Indiana home,
and he really does his homework to credit Indiana with everyone from
Jean Shepherd and Phyllis Naylor to the creators of both Clifford and
Garfield. But it's just tough to go up against the pound-for-pound
quality of the writers who have hailed from and written about the
Pelican State, from Kate Chopin, Walker Percy, and John Kennedy Toole
to Tennessee Williams, Anne Rice, and Ernest Gaines...
Continued:http://tr.im/LOUvsIND

If I had to choose a side, I would choose *the best*.
I don't live there and don't go there.
*That, in point of fact, is all*.

Also Louisiana has James Lee Burke, and one is missing that winning
field goal kick
to ignore an unusually gifted author's realistic, descriptive
depiction of his unique State

[Big Red Jeff Rubard]

Post by Robert Cohen
On Feb 7, 1:10 pm, Big Red Jeff Rubard

Post by Big Red Jeff Rubard

Post by Dur
(Omnivoracious) - The mayors of the two Super Bowl cities often
concoct a symbolic wager of the fruits of their hometowns, but what
I'd love to see them bet instead would be a box of local books. A few
days ago, I ran across Chauncey Mabe's entertaining assessment of how
Indiana's literary legacy stacks up against Louisiana's. He makes a
valiant case for the Hoosiers against the more lauded lineup from the
Big Easy, noting that both Vonnegut and Dreiser called Indiana home,
and he really does his homework to credit Indiana with everyone from
Jean Shepherd and Phyllis Naylor to the creators of both Clifford and
Garfield. But it's just tough to go up against the pound-for-pound
quality of the writers who have hailed from and written about the
Pelican State, from Kate Chopin, Walker Percy, and John Kennedy Toole
to Tennessee Williams, Anne Rice, and Ernest Gaines...
Continued:http://tr.im/LOUvsIND

If I had to choose a side, I would choose *the best*.
I don't live there and don't go there.
*That, in point of fact, is all*.

Also Louisiana has James Lee Burke, and one is missing that winning
field goal kick
to ignore an unusually gifted author's realistic, descriptive
depiction of his unique State

Also: "LA" is often /somewhat/ indeterminate between Los Angeles and
Louisiana
the original "State of the Future"
-- and *this* is /useful to know/