Comments on: Out of the Dust http://www.justanorange.com/2008/03/20/out-of-the-dust/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:25:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: daring one http://www.justanorange.com/2008/03/20/out-of-the-dust/#comment-37 daring one Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:20:59 +0000 http://www.justanorange.com/2008/03/20/out-of-the-dust/#comment-37 I'm in. Thanks for the recommendation. Have you ever read any Wendell Berry? See if you can get a copy of Remembering. I’m in. Thanks for the recommendation. Have you ever read any Wendell Berry? See if you can get a copy of Remembering.

]]> By: Your Opinion on Weightier Words | TJ Hirst http://www.justanorange.com/2008/03/20/out-of-the-dust/#comment-31 Your Opinion on Weightier Words | TJ Hirst Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:03:36 +0000 http://www.justanorange.com/2008/03/20/out-of-the-dust/#comment-31 [...] another writer this week, and we had an interesting discussion about substance vs. fluff. Another writer this week also lamented, “Does anyone write literature [...] […] another writer this week, and we had an interesting discussion about substance vs. fluff. Another writer this week also lamented, “Does anyone write literature […]

]]> By: TJ Hirst http://www.justanorange.com/2008/03/20/out-of-the-dust/#comment-27 TJ Hirst Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:54:31 +0000 http://www.justanorange.com/2008/03/20/out-of-the-dust/#comment-27 You ask the question, "Does anybody write literature anymore?" I had been asking myself this question, ironically, as I, too, took that late summer 2007 journey through the Twilight series. As I look at Stephanie Meyer's intended audience and the other books in that genre, it probably is literature for them, considering the other things they could be watching and viewing. The case she makes for virtue is the "truth" that comes out of her storytelling, and so few books or movies this audience might watch are lacking in even a kernel of truth, and especially not this one. So I believe considering the audience she is making a good sell of the truth about virtue to many who would not otherwise listen. But I am so grateful to you for pointing out another story about a teen that contains literature filled with truth, and I am presuming, for a younger audience. Audience may be the biggest hurdle to anyone writing literature anymore. Relating to my own daughter that age, I believe we cannot discount the desire, and thus an audience, of young and old for such written works. You ask the question, “Does anybody write literature anymore?”

I had been asking myself this question, ironically, as I, too, took that late summer 2007 journey through the Twilight series. As I look at Stephanie Meyer’s intended audience and the other books in that genre, it probably is literature for them, considering the other things they could be watching and viewing. The case she makes for virtue is the “truth” that comes out of her storytelling, and so few books or movies this audience might watch are lacking in even a kernel of truth, and especially not this one. So I believe considering the audience she is making a good sell of the truth about virtue to many who would not otherwise listen.

But I am so grateful to you for pointing out another story about a teen that contains literature filled with truth, and I am presuming, for a younger audience. Audience may be the biggest hurdle to anyone writing literature anymore. Relating to my own daughter that age, I believe we cannot discount the desire, and thus an audience, of young and old for such written works.

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