Greasey burgers, Bourbon, Faulkner, The Grove, Rebel Flag,Hwy 61....

Boom_70 · Nov 13, 2014

PeterGibbons said:

The passage about Southlake is great, I'm pretty sure the only people in love with Southlake are those from Southlake.

What I don't really understand is what exit on I-20 do you take to get to Allen and Southlake? Both aren't anywhere close, Allen especially. I guess he needed to get the $60 million broken palace in there somehow, but it's not anywhere near I-20.
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You burn a lot of gasoline getting around those parts.

The cynical Silverlake piece was a side of Wright that I don't recall coming across before. I'd like to see it more. I would love to see cynical Wright take on the frat boys in The Grove. There has to be some fun writing there in the right hands.

slappy4428 · Nov 13, 2014

RecoveringJournalist said:

Boom_70 said:

Dusty roads, Robert Johnson, Cotton fields, Willie Morris,Grand pappies, Civil Rights and Archie Manning. Missing - searing sun of noon shining on court house and train whistles in the distance.

I don't mean it in a bad way but yes all the cliches are all there in Wright Thompson's long form piece on the simultaneous rise of Rebel and Bulldog football. Personally I love the genre but just pointing out that there is a comfortable sameness to it

It must be a requirement when writing long form on Mississippi to mention certain things

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11713984/a-ride-paradise-road-mississippi-state-ole-miss
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Yeah, read this when it came out about a month ago.

I hated it. Enough with the fucking personal narrative. For someone who only writes a handful of stories a year, this is garbage.

A good editor would make him re-write this shit without the I, I, I, I.

He's a tremendous talent, but he needs to be reeled in or to quit journalism and write novels.
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he can't write without the I, I, I, I....

Songbird · Nov 13, 2014

Maybe he should go Jay McInerny "Bright Lights, Big City" style for the next story.

RecoveringJournalist · Nov 14, 2014

slappy4428 said:

RecoveringJournalist said:

Boom_70 said:

Dusty roads, Robert Johnson, Cotton fields, Willie Morris,Grand pappies, Civil Rights and Archie Manning. Missing - searing sun of noon shining on court house and train whistles in the distance.

I don't mean it in a bad way but yes all the cliches are all there in Wright Thompson's long form piece on the simultaneous rise of Rebel and Bulldog football. Personally I love the genre but just pointing out that there is a comfortable sameness to it

It must be a requirement when writing long form on Mississippi to mention certain things

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11713984/a-ride-paradise-road-mississippi-state-ole-miss
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Yeah, read this when it came out about a month ago.

I hated it. Enough with the fucking personal narrative. For someone who only writes a handful of stories a year, this is garbage.

A good editor would make him re-write this shit without the I, I, I, I.

He's a tremendous talent, but he needs to be reeled in or to quit journalism and write novels.
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he can't write without the I, I, I, I....
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He did in the Texas piece.

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