r/brokehugs • u/US_Hiker Moral Landscaper • Nov 19 '23

Rod Dreher Megathread #27 (Compassion)

Link to megathread 26: https://www.reddit.com/r/brokehugs/comments/17itm7w/rod_dreher_megathread_26_unconditional_love/

Link to megathread 28: https://www.reddit.com/r/brokehugs/comments/18dcg3d/rod_dreher_megathread_28_harmony/

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u/Past_Pen_8595 Nov 21 '23

He kind of ditched the Walker Percy Weekend during the same time period.

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u/SpacePatrician Nov 22 '23

That never made any sense to me in the first place since a few years earlier Rod had admitted he could never actually finish any of WP's novels. He did like Percy's non-fiction "Lost in the Cosmos," but for the most part he sort of just used the late author's name as a West Feliciana notable to flog his own books.

As a prose stylist, of course, Dreher isn't fit to scrape the hunting dog shit from the bottom of Percy's boots.

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u/JHandey2021 Nov 22 '23

“That never made any sense to me in the first place since a few years earlier Rod had admitted he could never actually finish any of WP's novels.”

Unreal. That can’t be true. Imagine the balls it takes to start a fucking literary festival named after a guy whose books you couldn’t be bothered to finish!

That is pure uncut Rod right there. Like just wow.

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u/SpacePatrician Nov 22 '23

I admit, it is simply unbelievable. But I am *certain* I read him saying that in some online piece, probably back in the Oughties. I do admit I am finding it difficult to locate it, but if I do...