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My Lord Monleigh by Jan Cox Speas7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() Here’s my story: I was working on my PhD in linguistics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. ![]() So, right off the bat, Kleon’s encouragement gave me the gift of taking seriously one of my profound influences and looking into her life. Although I wasn’t born in North Carolina, I have lived most of my adult life in Durham, NC. My comment: Before writing this blog I had zero idea that Jan Cox Speas was from North Carolina, and upon learning this fact I felt an immediate kinship with her. She was survived by her husband and two children. She died of a heart attack in 1971 at the age of 46. She returned to UNC-G for her Master’s in Fine Arts and submitted The Growing Season as her thesis. Near the end of World War II she married John Speas when he returned from his tour of duty in Europe.īetween 19 she published 3 novels: Bride of the McHugh, My Lord Monleigh, and My Love, My Enemy. She studied creative writing at Women’s College, which is now the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Jan Cox was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1925. I regularly share What I’m Reading Now, but Kleon has encouraged me to wax poetic about one of my literary heroes: Jan Cox Speas. One of his suggestions is for writers to share their influences. ![]() If you’re a writer or any other kind of artist you might like to take a look at Austin Kleon‘s Show Your Work! which addresses the pleasures and perils of creativity in the age of the Internet. ![]()
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