Nan McCarthy

author of Since You Went Away, Chat, Connect, Crash, & Live ’Til I Die

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I usually like to read the book before seeing the movie but in this case I saw the movie first. I really enjoyed the film and was curious how it differed from the book. The movie was a lot campier, in a good way. I love camp! And Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick definitely know how to be campy. So funny those two! The movie changed the plot quite a bit from the book (especially the ending). You had to be willing to suspend your disbelief for the movie, and that was not a problem for me. I happily went along for the ride. Thanks for sending me the book @libby_hewitt 💜 #ASimpleFavor #DarceyBell #booktofilm #readingisfun
I read James Baldwin’s Go Tell It On the Mountain in college some 40 years ago, around the same time I read William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying. Although I didn’t realize it at the time, both books had a strong impact on my development as a human being—for the better, I like to think. Baldwin said of his first major work (written in 1953), “Mountain is the book I had to write if I was ever going to write anything else.” This is the 1977 Laurel edition which I bought used at the Illini Union Bookstore in 1979 for $1.30 (see sticker). I’m really looking forward to the movie coming out later this month based on Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk, and it’s also making me want to re-read these Baldwin classics. #JamesBaldwin #GoTellItOnTheMountain #collegereading #AmericanClassics #IfBealeStreetCouldTalk #lovetoread
Gateway “ornaments” by Alexander Archipenko were the first abstract sculptures installed in Kansas City in 1950 on the UMKC campus. Shuttlecocks at the Nelson-Atkins, installed in 1994, as viewed from the south side of Brush Creek. #morningwalk #alexanderarchipenko #sculptopainting #outdoorsculpture #umkc #nelsonatkins #shuttlecocks #artisfun
‘Tis reality, ‘tis existence To embrace the pain, sorrow, & resistance So look up, head held high Walk toward the future For you are loved. Thank you chalk writer, whoever you are. #morningwalk #sidewalkchalk #chalkwriting #morninginspiration
Happy 243rd Birthday to all our Marine Corps friends, and to this guy. 30+ years of Birthday Balls together and he still doesn’t have any gray hair. #HappyBirthdayMarines #USMCBirthday #Oorah #USMCBirthday2018 #USMCvet #MarineCorpsVet #vetspouse #USMC #USMarines #USMarineCorps
This house in Brookside wins Halloween. #nofilter #latergram #HappyHalloween2018 #BrooksideKC #KCMO
It’s “quash,” dammit. #wordnerd #canthelpmyself #grammarproblems #popfiction
On my walk today. #nofilter #kcneighborhoods #kcmo #countrysidekc
Martini #catsofinstagram #catsofig #blackcatrescue #blackcatlove

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Since You Went Away, Part Two: Spring

Since You Went Away, Part Two: Spring Nan McCarthy (Rainwater Press, 2017) 226 pages F I C T I O N…

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  • Since You Went Away, Part Two: Spring
  • Student Interview: Writing & the Writing Life
  • How I Got the Idea for Since You Went Away
  • Buy: Since You Went Away (Part One: Winter)
  • Since You Went Away, Part One: Winter
  • Shit On a Shingle
  • Shot and a Beer
  • Live ’Til I Die: Student Interview
  • Vegetable Soup
  • Gooey Butter Cake
  • A Very Dry Martini
  • Bacon & Eggs
  • The Last Time I Saw My Dad Alive
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  • To My Sons: What I Would Like for Mother’s Day
  • New ebook editions of Chat, Connect, Crash now available
  • Buy: Chat (book 1)
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  • Chat: book one
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  • Timeline: a publishing history of Chat, Connect, & Crash
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Philosophy on How to Write A Book
  • excerpt: Live ‘Til I Die: a memoir of my father’s life
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