Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families | James Agee, Walker Evans
An illustrated portrayal of three Alabama sharecropper families in 1936 examines their everyday existence in poverty.
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
Pick icon
100%
review
SaraBeagle
Mehso-so

Not really what I was expecting - a portrait of three sharecropper families during the depression. It was more a practice in descriptive writing (there were entire chapters on what bedrooms looked like). It's a great display of Agee's writing, but I'd prefer his fiction.

8 likes1 stack add
blurb
meggofrank
post image

Catching the Walker Evans photo exhibit on its last day here at the High in Atlanta. I first encountered his work (to be aware of who he was, anyway) in this heart-crushing and beautifully written book. Sadly, my copy is not a first edition, like this one.

blurb
autumnprivett
post image

Today's book haul. I've been looking for some of these for a long time. If you are ever in Knoxville or Chattanooga, be sure to stop in McKay's.

bedandabook Life of Pi is an absolute gem. Enjoy. 8y
KateTheBookworm Awesome picks. I love Jesmyn Ward! 8y
GetFictional People of the Book 👌🏻 8y
See All 17 Comments
BarbaraTheBibliophage People of the Book is on my TBR shelf also. 8y
GuiltyFeat Just finished Salvage the Bones today. It is outstanding. 8y
autumnprivett @KateTheBookworm @GuiltyFeat Salvage the Bones slayed me. I had to have a copy of my own. 8y
SoniaC Read Life of Pi and People of the Book. Really enjoyed both. Hope you do as well. 8y
Chassie I ❤️ McCay's! It's one of the best parts of Chattanooga! 8y
Angelala007 I love Geraldine Brooks. Haven't read People of the Book yet. 8y
fabulistfictions McKay's is magical. 8y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Thanks for the rec to McKay's! I'll need to check that out! 8y
Kelreads I was at McKay's today. Love that place! 8y
autumnprivett McKays is a magical, mystical book land. So happy to share the wealth. 😊 8y
Megabooks I used to live in Knoxville and went to McKays all the time! Sometimes I'd trade DVDs for books lol! ❤️💙💜💚💛😂😂 8y
Joanne1 Great collection.... now which one first? 8y
Rachel_Roberts I LOVE McKays!!! 8y
kellygeorge McKay's is a magical, magical place indeed. 8y
89 likes3 stack adds17 comments