tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post112165739981564080..comments2023-10-15T11:42:21.659-04:00Comments on pages turned: Celebrating E.C. SpykmanSFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-48007197019683639872021-03-05T13:33:34.400-05:002021-03-05T13:33:34.400-05:00I think her, E. Nesbit, and Elizabeth Enright are ...I think her, E. Nesbit, and Elizabeth Enright are the top three for me in that regard. And throw in CS Lewis. <br /><br />I still remember discovering A Lemon and A Star. I worked from there. <br /><br />I only know of the Edie books. I would love to read anything she ever wrote. JudyBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11481961917093120257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-83568114154208448432021-02-22T18:53:52.618-05:002021-02-22T18:53:52.618-05:00How wonderful to discover this site, and to know t...How wonderful to discover this site, and to know there are a host of others out there who love Ms. Spykman's novels! I really think her books have shaped my sense of what childhood is and what it can be at its best. I keep hoping there are other writings out there somewhere, just waiting to be discovered. Did she do any writing in her early years? Journals? Short stories? Deborahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-49535706753061045852014-10-01T23:50:17.744-04:002014-10-01T23:50:17.744-04:00Just found this site, and glad to see all the appr...Just found this site, and glad to see all the appreciative comments on EC Spykman's books. I also love them. I have been researching Spykman and may be formalising this as post-graduate university study next year. Rebekah - I would love to hear more from you and wondering if you'd be interested in being interviewed about your recollections? Also, just to clarify Julia's post, the home threatened with demolition is that of her maternal grandfather - Joseph Burnett (inventor of vanilla essence amongst many other achievements).Virginianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-47924284194146468432014-07-24T07:00:39.687-04:002014-07-24T07:00:39.687-04:00At any rate, the sale didn't go through:
http...At any rate, the sale didn't go through:<br /><br />http://historicalgood.org/standup/Blog/Entries/2014/7/22_Day_8__Victory!.html<br /><br />Hurray!<br /><br />And now I'm in the mood to reread Sypyman now that I've found the documents at http://historicalgood.org/<br /><br />SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-85125300618328436802014-07-24T06:51:24.948-04:002014-07-24T06:51:24.948-04:00This is the actual house she grew up in, Julia, an...This is the actual house she grew up in, Julia, and not just a local landmark? She wasn't mentioned in the video.SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-36323956676987079852014-07-23T21:17:03.339-04:002014-07-23T21:17:03.339-04:00All Spykman fans should get on board the campaign ...All Spykman fans should get on board the campaign to save her childhood home from demolition. Help is urgently needed. See http://www.mysouthborough.com/2014/07/17/video-garfield-house-protest/#comment-192526.Julianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-79503418239871912862014-07-20T13:35:03.586-04:002014-07-20T13:35:03.586-04:00Rebekah, I'm thrilled you found us and that yo...Rebekah, I'm thrilled you found us and that you shared your memories of Mrs. Spykman. Thank you!<br /><br />I'm still hoping that since NYRB brought out a new edition of Terrible, Horrible Edie in 2010, they'll eventually republish the rest of her books at some point. I would love to hear that Eric Hanson's been told he's to illustrate all the covers.SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-78354611995389809372014-07-15T13:12:21.951-04:002014-07-15T13:12:21.951-04:00Thank you for sharing that memory! I always knew s...Thank you for sharing that memory! I always knew she must be lovable, because her characters were so beautifully realized. No one who lacked humour, imagination or integrity could possible have brought them to life the way she did. But now you have given me an image of her from beyond simply how I imagined her to be, and it is delightful.JudyBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11481961917093120257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-83709527638267038972014-07-15T12:48:27.898-04:002014-07-15T12:48:27.898-04:00So happy to find this site.I grew up next door to ...So happy to find this site.I grew up next door to Mrs. Spykman and was familiar with her writing cabins she had set up in the cedar woods surrounding our rented farmhouse. One had a view of Long Island Sound, with a writing desk and small bed.As a child I knew every acre of that woods.She did love children, and I had 3 siblings.Mrs.Spykman had the most wonderful Easter egg hunts EVER inviting us and all her family to find eggs and stuffed animals.We also benefited from her asparagus bed, I remember eating LOTS of asparagus as a child. I still remember her laugh. Rebekah Gillettenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-72900300516451696702013-07-17T18:09:33.064-04:002013-07-17T18:09:33.064-04:00I'm surprised these haven't been in perpet...I'm surprised these haven't been in perpetual publication. Several years ago there was an outcry from a small but influential group when the Betsy-Tacey books were to become out of print, and the campaign was successful to keep them published. I love these and just got The Wild Angel from an Abe.com bookseller, so now I have all four.tut-tuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15713003038275525797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-1347631629829384402011-03-27T17:55:00.273-04:002011-03-27T17:55:00.273-04:00me encanta un limon y una estrella,y me gustaria l...me encanta un limon y una estrella,y me gustaria leer todos los librosmeupihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02357459568144310929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-55951817791518665172010-09-02T12:16:26.404-04:002010-09-02T12:16:26.404-04:00I am so happy to find that others recall these won...I am so happy to find that others recall these wonderful books and even happier to find that at least Terrible, Horrible Edie is being republished. <br /><br />She ranks with the very best--E. Nesbit, Edward Eager, Elizabeth Enright. A childhood deprived of their company is a poor one indeed.JudyBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00526781344459114109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-9397745141476412792009-10-31T18:57:39.979-04:002009-10-31T18:57:39.979-04:00Hi Rosy! I can remember searching for the Spykman ...Hi Rosy! I can remember searching for the Spykman books when I first got on the internet and was bummed when I couldn't find anything! I made sure as soon as I could that there would be something for those who remembered the Cares to find!SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-78190363390705850872009-10-31T18:42:06.918-04:002009-10-31T18:42:06.918-04:00how memory plays tricks, i must have been older th...how memory plays tricks, i must have been older than 8 or i read it before it was written ! still a long time ago tho.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-51451595690027113542009-10-31T18:32:46.637-04:002009-10-31T18:32:46.637-04:00Rosy Curtis said...
I can hardly believe it ! I ...Rosy Curtis said...<br /> I can hardly believe it ! I am brand new to this running round The Net lark and still playing at it. Whiling away and thinking of what to Ask It I thought, wonder if Terrible, horrible Edie is in there? (out there ?) I read it as a child, about 8 years old, when I discovered I could borrow books from the library and used to read 5 or 6 a week. 1957 ish. couldnt recall the story and had NO idea who wrote it. But one line has stayed with me all this time.... when Edie cut her (?)hair...one deicious,grinding snip. I can feel it, hear it,have the zithery rythm of it in my fingers ! Years later one of my daughters had me cut her nearly knee-length hair and I plaited it first before making that very "delicious, grinding snip". I wished then that I could read the story again. Hopefully now I can, but to granddaughters now. Nostalgia, nostalgia!rosyposynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-29416390604190259652009-09-24T00:35:40.254-04:002009-09-24T00:35:40.254-04:00I'd never read any of these books until NYRB s...I'd never read any of these books until NYRB sent me Terrible Horrible Edie to illustrate. What a treat! I wish I'd known about these books when my daughter was 10. I shall try to do this wonderful character justice. It's nice to see publishers like NYRB and Persephone rescuing books of this type from obscurity.Eric Hansonhttp://er-h.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-91165097686116219802007-10-25T16:17:00.000-04:002007-10-25T16:17:00.000-04:00I love Spykman's books! Edie is so quirky and so ...I love Spykman's books! Edie is so quirky and so imaginative and you can enjoy her naughtiness because she's not mean-spirited. Even those people who foil Edie's plans are rendered sympathetically. You can understand their motives -- even if Edie's sheer audacity trumps their good intentions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-63005120439724602162006-12-09T18:52:00.000-05:002006-12-09T18:52:00.000-05:00She was the most thrillingly REAL portrayer of chi...She was the most thrillingly REAL portrayer of childhood ever. To read her books is to be swept up in the genuine, powerful and at times fierce emotions that children experience. Her stories are also wildly funny. Not to be missed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com