On Saturday, July 13 members of the John O’Hara Society met
at Connolly’s restaurant in New York City for their summer meeting. In attendance were Steven Goldleaf, Robert
Knott, and Robert and Jenny Saliba.
Topics of discussion included the upcoming publication of
Steven Goldleaf’s collection of O’Hara’s New York stories, to be published by
Penguin Classics. New York Stories will arrive in bookstores and online retailers on
August 27th and Society members discussed how best to support its
publication. It was decided that future
blog posts will feature interviews with Steven Goldleaf about the book and
announcements of related events as they are scheduled. For example, a September event at a Brooklyn,
NY bookstore will be promoted on the blog as soon as more details become
available.
Over lunch members discussed a variety of O’Hara related
topics, including Robert Knott’s recent visit to Penn State to visit the O’Hara
study and review their holdings of O’Hara papers. Robert Saliba, who has visited Penn State in
the past, shared his memories of a similar trip and the thrill of reviewing the
original manuscript of Appointment in
Samarra. The possibility of
scheduling a Society field trip to Penn State was raised (as it has been in the
past) although nothing has been scheduled at this time.
Members will reconvene in January at a location still to be
determined. Suggestions for topics or
locations for the January meeting are gladly accepted in the comments section
below.
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