Tag Archives: James Lee Burke

A Southernism, Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“…and I wonder if there is any way to adequately describe the folly that causes us to undo all the great gifts of both Earth and Heaven.” —James Lee Burke Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, April 3, 2023

Posted on April 3, 2023 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“The wrong people always worry. The people who are the real problem never worry about anything.” —James Lee Burke, Wayfaring Stranger Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, August 22, 2022

Posted on August 22, 2022 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“When people make a contract with the devil and give him an air-conditioned office to work in, he doesn’t go back home easily.”   ― James Lee Burke, In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead     Photo: Deborah Fagan … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, March 14, 2022

Posted on March 14, 2022 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“…and I wonder if there is any way to adequately describe the folly that causes us to undo all the great gifts of both Earth and Heaven.” —James Lee Burke Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, January 7, 2019

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“America is the most creative place on earth because of the dynamic mix of ethnicity and cultural backgrounds and the tensions those create. Tension is always created by opposition. Standardization is the enemy of invention.” — Southern crime novelist, James … Continue reading →

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A Stained White Radiance

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

  “All men have a religion or totems of some kind. Even the atheist is committed to an enormous act of faith in his belief that the universe created itself and the subsequent creation of intelligent life was simply a … Continue reading →

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