tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19817435.post6849403317779913846..comments2023-10-24T02:58:44.771-07:00Comments on what's wong now?: literary connectionsgr8godhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649486079705744450noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19817435.post-42431346033306811352010-09-28T15:01:58.419-07:002010-09-28T15:01:58.419-07:00thanks for your note, marguerite. it really was su...thanks for your note, marguerite. it really <i>was</i> surprisingly fun to me - a treat.<br /><br />i still remember meeting john perkins - a whole other story that i love to tell - but it was before i had read his books and i didn't know who he was! he was just a friend of donna dong's. later, after i read his story, some of my experience of meeting him (including a kind of regal 'weightiness') suddenly made a lot more sense.<br /><br />would love to have known henri nouwen...gr8godhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649486079705744450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19817435.post-63162885572073655772010-09-28T10:39:14.662-07:002010-09-28T10:39:14.662-07:00It is thrilling, Barry, to meet authors we admire....It is thrilling, Barry, to meet authors we admire. I remember being so struck by personal interactions with John Perkins (in college) and Helen Roseveare (through T's CMDS chapter). I was foolish to miss opportunities to hear Walter Trobisch and Henri Nouwen - I should have prioritized going to hear/meet them over studying. By the way, I enjoyed having dinner with your other lovely daughter over the weekend. (P.S. My sister studied the Mississippi Chinese American experience as part of her Ethnic Studies PhD work at Cal - she had some fascinating stories.)margueritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13319210740973860605noreply@blogger.com