Comments on: Frank McCourt Passes Away

By: madhu

madhu — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:44:48 +0000

I have been listening to the Teacherman during my long commute- makes it almost worthwhile to drive 50miles a day. That man could write-paraphrasing him- showing us all the significance of our insignificance. i will read other books by him.
you’ll be missed Mr McCourt.

By: WWWebb

WWWebb — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:24:33 +0000

I learned of his passing from your blogpost.

If it can be said that there’s a good place to learn of someone’s passing, well, your blog’s not a bad one, considering your love for the written word.

Although it might be apropros to learn of McCourt’s passing at the bar of a pub with a glass of whiskey in hand, the type of pub where there’s dark wood that’s well worn from the resting of many elbows as well as from years of polishings; where there’s a stone fireplace, and perhaps a dart board or two.

We’d toast to his memory, and hurl our glasses into the fireplace…

By: robin andrea

robin andrea — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:00:28 +0000

I never did read Angela’s Ashes. Not sure why, although I suspect it’s because I stopped reading fiction after my one year in graduate school studying literature, and Angela’s Ashes was published then during my fiction hiatus. It took me years to re-learn how to read a book simply for pleasure.

We just lost a friend, the 34 year old son of very dear friends, to metastatic melanoma. The speed of its lethal tentacles was breathtaking.

By: Chrysalis

Chrysalis — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:16:38 +0000

It is one of my favorite books too. I just learned of his passing before seeing your post.
I never did see the movie version of the book. I doubt is was as good as reading it yourself, don’t know. Nice post, Dr. Charles.