Here we are on Zoom, December 9, 2020, hearing Diana talk about Bailey White.
Top, left to right: Linda, Fran, Louisa, Sharon
2nd row: Laura, Lori, Mary, Joanna
3rd row: Carol, Barbara, Gita, Diana
Bottom: Christine, Jacquie
Notes from a Reading Club
Monday, December 14, 2020
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Diana Presents Bailey White
Jan 9, 2021 Hello Literary Ladies! How truly apt this cartoon is will become more apparent this Wednesday at 1pm when Diana presents on Baily White in her own dulcet tones. Diana will be sharing her screen for readings, so no need to let her know if you will be attending, but if you are unable to join us, please let Fran know so that she can start the meeting once we are all assembled. Until Wednesday! Jacquie
Barbara's Minutes
After our Zoom chat that included Christine Lehner’s challenges devising a unicorn horn to fasten to a tiger’s head for her granddaughter, and a recommendation for dark chocolate to alleviate depression, members of the Literature Club settled in for the minutes (accepted as read), the treasurer’s report ($181.52), and to discuss some library business. We voted to contribute $125 to the Hastings Library. Jacquie Weitzman volunteered to speak with librarian Debbie Quinn both about a book to be given in memory of May Kanfer (perhaps a children’s book of fables or fairy tales), and books, ebooks or other, that the library might like to add to its collection with our $125 gift.
Presenter Diana Jaeger began by commenting that she read her author, Bailey White, last summer when she was down in Mississippi – her Mama had a couple of Bailey White books from the library. They would constantly laugh out loud while reading. Diana noted that Bailey White is a Southern writer who does a very good job of capturing some of the eccentric characters who live in rural parts of the South; at the same time, she captures universal themes.
She may be best known as a commentator on NPR’s “All Things Considered.” She read one of her short stories on NPR every Thanksgiving for 20 years: from 1991 – 2011. Bailey White ended up getting more mail from listeners than any other NPR commentator. Most of the mail came from Southerners who said she reminded them of their Grandma. And her voice does sound old on the radio:
"Something about a microphone makes me sound 93 years old," she wrote in an NPR publication. “I get nervous when a microphone is aimed at me. My vocal cords clamp up, my breath comes in gasps and spit rattles behind my molars. When I meet NPR listeners face to face, they fall back, drop their mouths open with horror, and shriek, 'You're not old and wise!'''
Among the stories we read aloud and laughed over were “What Would They Say in Birmingham?” (one of White’s Thanksgiving stories from the collection Nothing With Strings) and stories from Mama Makes Up Her Mind.
Presenter Diana Jaeger began by commenting that she read her author, Bailey White, last summer when she was down in Mississippi – her Mama had a couple of Bailey White books from the library. They would constantly laugh out loud while reading. Diana noted that Bailey White is a Southern writer who does a very good job of capturing some of the eccentric characters who live in rural parts of the South; at the same time, she captures universal themes.
She may be best known as a commentator on NPR’s “All Things Considered.” She read one of her short stories on NPR every Thanksgiving for 20 years: from 1991 – 2011. Bailey White ended up getting more mail from listeners than any other NPR commentator. Most of the mail came from Southerners who said she reminded them of their Grandma. And her voice does sound old on the radio:
"Something about a microphone makes me sound 93 years old," she wrote in an NPR publication. “I get nervous when a microphone is aimed at me. My vocal cords clamp up, my breath comes in gasps and spit rattles behind my molars. When I meet NPR listeners face to face, they fall back, drop their mouths open with horror, and shriek, 'You're not old and wise!'''
Among the stories we read aloud and laughed over were “What Would They Say in Birmingham?” (one of White’s Thanksgiving stories from the collection Nothing With Strings) and stories from Mama Makes Up Her Mind.
Respectfully submitted, Barbara Morrow, Recording Secretary
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