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Graceland, At Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache From the American South
Margaret Renkl
4.2 AVERAGE
88 reviews for:
Graceland, At Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache From the American South
Margaret Renkl
4.2 AVERAGE
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What if being a Southern writer has nothing to do with rural tropes or lyrical prose or a lush landscape or humid heat so thick it's hard to breathe? What if being a Southern writer is foremost a matter of growing up in a deeply troubled place and yet finding it somehow impossible to leave? Of seeing clearly the failings of home and nevertheless refusing to flee?
Graceland, at Last
Margaret Renkl
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I think Margaret Renkl is a national treasure. Or at least a Southern version of one. I raved about Renkl's first collection, Late Migrations, and it went on to become a book that I gift regularly because it is one of those books that feels right when you want to say "you're in my thoughts."
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Graceland, at Last has a different vibe to it, but Renkl's voice is the same - authentic and full of wisdom. This book is a love letter to the South (specifically Nashville) and her knowledge and passion for this region shine through all the sections: Flora & Fauna, Politics & Religion, Social Justice, Environment, Family & Community, Arts & Culture.
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I devoured Graceland, at Last - much due to our southern ice storm causing a total shutdown. But Renkl is so readable, these essays just flow one to the next and all of a sudden I realized I was at the end (where my favorite essay can be found, "What is a Southern Writer, Anyway?" from which I found this quote).
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What I took from this book really stems from being a northerner, who now calls the south home. Renkl is able to blend her absolute love of this region with an understanding of its faults and shortcomings. Now I will interject that I've lived in 4 states, 3 in the northeast and now Texas, and every state has shortcomings. Texas takes a lot of guff from the rest of the country (some deserved and some not) but it is full of good people who have embraced us like we've been here our entire lives - that's a southern truism - the people are as warm as the weather (well, unless you get an ice storm:)
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Graceland, at Last is a must for anyone who thinks they can put "the south" in a box, because it contains multitudes - and no one knows them better than Margaret Renkl.
Graceland, at Last
Margaret Renkl
•
I think Margaret Renkl is a national treasure. Or at least a Southern version of one. I raved about Renkl's first collection, Late Migrations, and it went on to become a book that I gift regularly because it is one of those books that feels right when you want to say "you're in my thoughts."
•
Graceland, at Last has a different vibe to it, but Renkl's voice is the same - authentic and full of wisdom. This book is a love letter to the South (specifically Nashville) and her knowledge and passion for this region shine through all the sections: Flora & Fauna, Politics & Religion, Social Justice, Environment, Family & Community, Arts & Culture.
•
I devoured Graceland, at Last - much due to our southern ice storm causing a total shutdown. But Renkl is so readable, these essays just flow one to the next and all of a sudden I realized I was at the end (where my favorite essay can be found, "What is a Southern Writer, Anyway?" from which I found this quote).
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What I took from this book really stems from being a northerner, who now calls the south home. Renkl is able to blend her absolute love of this region with an understanding of its faults and shortcomings. Now I will interject that I've lived in 4 states, 3 in the northeast and now Texas, and every state has shortcomings. Texas takes a lot of guff from the rest of the country (some deserved and some not) but it is full of good people who have embraced us like we've been here our entire lives - that's a southern truism - the people are as warm as the weather (well, unless you get an ice storm:)
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Graceland, at Last is a must for anyone who thinks they can put "the south" in a box, because it contains multitudes - and no one knows them better than Margaret Renkl.