PRAYER
The third great prayer, after Help and Thanks, is Wow!
— Anne Lamott (whose birthday is today — happy birthday, fine writer!)
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cultural commentary from the desk of Don Shewey
another eye opens
April 30, 2012 at 7:22 am
Lamott came to Atlanta recently to read from the new book she co-wrote with her now-grown-up (and handsome) son. Packed house. So glad I went (as I did the last time she materialized here. How she keeps that humble aura about her with all her success, etc. is a marvel. So genuine, and so thoughtful and humane in her answers to questions from ye audience.
April 30, 2012 at 9:58 am
she’s great, isn’t she? I’ve never heard her speak live but I always love reading her work and her interviews.
May 2, 2012 at 8:00 am
If she ever does make it to NYC and you can go hear her, I wouldn’t hestitate: and be sure to go early – the huge place she’s spoken here (one of those gargantuan Baptist Church sanctuaries we specialize in here in the South) was packed both times I went…and I went way early. But so worth the wait.