[Bananafish] Nine Stories

[terry cordwell]

Matthew,

Yeah, a nice 25-minute bus ride, perfect to skim through a JD short story of 
my choice. It's strange, my dad, who is now on this forum, texted me your 
exact line a few weeks ago and I had to admit to him that I didn't know it 
was from Teddy!

You rightly point out the Zen-ness of that line - I'm very into Zenism. I 
also love Teddy's views (that are obviously JD's as well) on educating young 
children; that idea of taking things out of the my mind rather programming 
things into it fascinating to me.

Terry


>From: Matthew.Raymond at Lyondell.com
>Reply-To: bananafish list <bananafish at lists.bway.net>
>To: "bananafish list" <bananafish at lists.bway.net>
>Subject: Re: [Bananafish] Nine Stories
>Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 08:34:40 -0600
>
>Hi Terry,
>
>Reread on the way to work?  Nice ... you must ride the train or
>something.  Often wish I still did.
>
>I love both of the lines you mentioned.   The first one, I still quote
>out loud from time to time.  And I really appreciate the "Zen-ness" of
>the second line you list - an attempt to get us to see the unity of
>everything, by using the vernacular of a child (albeit a spiritual
>advanced child).  Both, as you suggest, are humorous.
>
>However, neither one of those are my personal favorite.  Here is it:
>
>"Each of his phrasings was rather like a little ancient island,
>inundated by a miniature sea of whiskey."
>
>
>Matthew
>
>
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: bananafish-bounces at lists.bway.net
>[mailto:bananafish-bounces at lists.bway.net] On Behalf Of terry cordwell
>Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 8:02 AM
>To: bananafish at lists.bway.net
>Subject: Re: [Bananafish] Nine Stories
>
>Matthew - I reread Teddy, my favourite, for about the 100th time on the
>way to work this morning and I'm itching to know what your favourite
>sentence is!
>
>For humour, it is surely the opening line: "I'll exquisite day you,
>buddy!"
>However, I'm sure you'll agree that this is the one:
>
>"All she was doing was pouring God into God, if you know what I
>mean...."
>
>Terry 'Teddy' Cordwell
>
>
> >From: Matthew.Raymond at Lyondell.com
> >Reply-To: bananafish list <bananafish at lists.bway.net>
> >To: "bananafish list" <bananafish at lists.bway.net>
> >Subject: Re: [Bananafish] Nine Stories
> >Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 10:33:58 -0600
> >
> >
> >Hello,
> >
> >Teddy has been my favorite since I originally read Nine Stories, and
> >remains so.  Probably because I have a strong interest in Eastern
> >philosophy, specifically Buddhism.  Teddy also contains one of my
> >favorite sentences ever written.  The others have recently moved around
>
> >as my appreciation for the entire collection has developed.
> >
> >1.  Teddy
> >2.  Perfect Day for Bananafish
> >3.  For Esme, with Love and Squalor
> >4.  De Damier-Smith's Blue Period
> >5.  Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut
> >6.  Just Before the War with the Eskimos 7.  Down at the Dinghy 8.
> >Pretty Mouth and Green my Eyes 9.  The Laughing Man
> >
> >I don't dislike any of the stories, but this is my order of preference.
> >As you can probably see, I tend to prefer the stories that have a
> >higher level of "mysticism" or epiphany associated with them.  Although
>
> >I guess "The Laughing Man" does too, and I still rank it at the bottom.
> >
> >Matthew
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: bananafish-bounces at lists.bway.net
> >[mailto:bananafish-bounces at lists.bway.net] On Behalf Of Cecilia Baader
> >Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 1:17 AM
> >To: bananafish list
> >Subject: Re: [Bananafish] Nine Stories
> >
> >
> >It's funny.  I think the order in which I like them has changed
> >drastically over the years.  Esme, however is still first and Teddy is
> >still last.  Esme is in fact the most perfect short story I can think
> >of.
> >
> >
> >Here's mine:
> >
> >1. For Esme, with Love and Squalor
> >2. The Laughing Man
> >3. Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut
> >4. De Damier-Smith's Blue Period
> >5. Pretty Mouth and Green my Eyes
> >6. Just Before the War with the Eskimos 7. Down at the Dinghy 8.
> >Perfect Day for Bananafish 9. Teddy
> >
> >So there it is.  The Laughing Man would be his best if Esme didn't
> >exist, but much as I love the poppy-red masked man, Esme still beats
> >him out.
> >Even if we were to add the Glass family stories to the list, Esme would
>
> >still win for me.  Yes.
> >
> >Best,
> >Cecilia.
> >
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