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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1962
Page
22
Review of Bill Vaughan’s collection Funny Bird Thou Never Wert praising his absurd humor and satirical pieces. Notes include comparisons to Twain and Rogers and mentions of mock essays about National Frown Week and a new folk hero Sam Sportshirt.
Robert Paul Smith’s Against Apathy Crank collects 125 personal essays from 1961 with a peevish humor. He defines crank as a twisted instrument opposing apathy and praises anger as a noble virtue against social ills and poverty. The volume contrasts with his earlier nostalgia driven work. Katherine Anne Porter wins the 1962 O. Henry Award. Thomas Pynchon and Tom Cole take second and third prizes.
High Point College Studies 1962 presents five articles and poems by faculty members. It reassesses Thomas Nelson Page from antebellum apologist to a Reconstruction era critic, and includes analyses of Camus, Dreiser, and biblical themes, plus essays on Southwest Texas folkways and religious ideas.
The book explores Jesus life between ages 12 and 30 focusing on the Jewish social and religious context of his era. Aron analyzes the synagogue family customs Talmud Sanhedin and sects in Roman occupied Judea and discusses linguistic and intellectual aspects for scholars and clergy.
A compact review of Andrew Trumbull's Fitzgerald And The Jazz Age from Scribners explores Fitzgerald as a brilliant but flawed figure. The biography chronicles his grasp of lyric moments, failed marriage to Zelda, and the pull between aiming for literature and chasing best sellers.
A look at how authors refill their creative well between manuscripts. Allan Nevins writes on three projects while Richard Hughes travels from Athens to Istanbul for escape, and Van Wyck Brooks edits and plans another book. Others juggle Broadway, film work, and travels as they plot future novels.
Mae reports buying a Renault with less than 150 dollars down from H. G. Ilderton, Inc and asks for secrecy. The note records a private vehicle purchase and a small down payment.
Air Force Capt. David L. Elliott and Betty Alice Erickson wed on January 20 as Phoenix saw its first notable snowfall in memory. The couple tied the knot during a cold, memorable day in the state capital.
A list of popular books includes Franny and Zooey by Salinger The Agony and the Ecstasy Stone A Prologue to Love Caldwell To Kill a Mockingbird Lee Chairman of the Board Streeter My Life in Court Nizer Calories Don’t Count Taller The Making of the President 1960 White Living Free Adamson The Guns of August Tuchman
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