According to Wikipedia…

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1. Janet says

   February 4, 2014 at 11:12 am

   http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/01/walker-percy-an.html

   Have you seen this?

   AMDG

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   • JOB says

     February 4, 2014 at 12:22 pm

     Not that in particular, but DT covered it from this angle:

     http://dappledthings.org/1148/naming-sin-flannery-oconnors-mark-on-bruce-springsteen/

     Also, the Boss notes, “She got to the heart of some part of meanness that she never spelled out, because if she spelled it out you wouldn’t be getting it.”

     And I always wondered because these lyrics from “Nebraska” always rang with O’Connor:

     “They wanted to know why I did what I did
     Well sir I guess there’s just a meanness in this world.”

     By the way, Ference writes this:

     “One of the photographs was of an eight year-old Springsteen, standing with hands folded in front of the high altar at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Freehold, New Jersey — Springsteen’s first communion picture.
     Bruce Springsteen’s relationship with the Catholic Church may have reached its peak on his first communion day. He writes, ‘In the third grade a nun stuffed me in a garbage can under her desk because, she said, that’s where I belonged.'”

     I’m pretty sure that nun was Sister Martina. She was no longer a teacher though; by the time I got to St. Rose, she was principal…

     JOB

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     • lickona says

       February 4, 2014 at 3:33 pm

       …and now there’s a plaque on that trash can, with your name on it.

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2. lickona says

   February 4, 2014 at 3:35 pm

   If I should live to a hundred and three
   Then that would be enough for me
   But if I should see a hundred and four
   I’m sure I’d want a little more…

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