The Maltese Falcon: Questions I Wish I had Asked My Father (Jerz’s CCCC 05 Notes)
This was a personal and literary reflection by Jo Hammett, the daughter of noir detective novelist Dasheill Hammett. The novel and movie The Maltese Falcon are set in San Francisco, so a conference session on the subject seemed appropriate.
After the commanding performance of a master storyteller like Perl, making the transition to Hammett’s low-key presentation was difficult — especially because the acoustics of today’s sessions were no better than they were yesterday.
Nevertheless, I enjoyed her identification of the voice and personality of the narrator in what seems at first glance a novel told through Sam Spade’s senses. I just might include a noir novel in my next 20thC American Lit class. It might be just the thing to help reduce midterm stress.
A little over a century ago, the printer T.J. Cobden-Sanderson took it upon himself to surreptitiously dump…
A quick Sunday visit to #fortligonier with my history-loving son.
The choreographer daughter is doing a thing.
No interior yet. Getting there. Gotta start somewhere. Low-poly background detail for a medieval theater…
This is manageable. Far better than some semesters.