http://rickyopaterny.com/blog/2006/12/27/orhan-pamuks-father-and-his-suitcase/ Ricky Opaterny on Books, Music, Art, and Sports Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:25:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://rickyopaterny.com/blog/2006/12/27/orhan-pamuks-father-and-his-suitcase/comment-page-1/#comment-7760 Joseph Clapsaddle Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:55:34 +0000 http://www.gen-o.com/blog/2006/12/27/orhan-pamuks-father-and-his-suitcase/#comment-7760 "MY FATHER'S SUITCASE" was read en route flying from pallid Buffalo, New York to the intellectual isolation of Los Angeles. We Angelenos are prone to hide our passions when it comes to honoring the written word. I was stunned by the simple and direct honesty of Pamuk's lecture. His words made an emotional connection not only to the personal experience of reading my own father's sermons after he died three years ago but also to my own feeble but driven attempts at writing. I extend a huge thank you to Orhan Pamuk for re-igniting my committment to writing. “MY FATHER’S SUITCASE” was read en route flying from pallid Buffalo, New York to the intellectual isolation of Los Angeles. We Angelenos are prone to hide our passions when it comes to honoring the written word. I was stunned by the simple and direct honesty of Pamuk’s lecture. His words made an emotional connection not only to the personal experience of reading my own father’s sermons after he died three years ago but also to my own feeble but driven attempts at writing. I extend a huge thank you to Orhan Pamuk for re-igniting my committment to writing.

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