I Wrote To Explain My Own Life

In Families, There Are No Crimes Beyond Forgiveness.

William Ferris Has Long Reigned As The Unimpeachable Source Of The Entire Southern Experience. His Work On Southern Folklore And The Composition Of The Encyclopedia Of Southern Culture Have Made Him Both Legendary And Necessary. His Book, The Storied South , Is A Love Song To The South Bill Helped Illuminate. It's A Crowning Achievement Of His Own Storied Career.

Books Are Living Things And Their Task Lies In Their Vows Of Silence. You Touch Them As They Quiver With A Divine Pleasure. You Read Them And They Fall Asleep To Happy Dreams For The Next 10 Years. If You Do Them The Favor Of Understanding Them, Of Taking In Their Portions Of Grief And Wisdom, Then They Settle Down In Contented Residence In Your Heart.

You Do Not Learn How To Write Novels In A Writing Program. You Learn How By Leading An Interesting Life. Open Yourself Up To All Experience. Let Life Pour Through You The Way Light Pours Through Leaves.

My Mother Thought Of My Father As Half Barbarian And Half Blunt Instrument, And She Isolated Him From His Children.