tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post3624340031023902428..comments2024-01-31T04:29:38.858-06:00Comments on The Outfit: A Collective of Chicago Crime Writers: Maybe I Don’t Really Want to Know How Your Garden GrowsSean Chercoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00939494866272006802noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-16157426036369058362009-07-24T14:29:26.170-05:002009-07-24T14:29:26.170-05:00what a fascinating story, very interesting, really...what a fascinating story, very interesting, really enjoyed your post. <br /><br />thanks, KarenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-465591066454157922009-07-24T12:24:41.468-05:002009-07-24T12:24:41.468-05:00Kevin, your posts are always unusual, always inter...Kevin, your posts are always unusual, always interesting, and this one doubly so as we learned about Barbara's backstory!Sara Paretskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803185134430978343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-4192705455073085652009-07-24T12:21:39.634-05:002009-07-24T12:21:39.634-05:00What a fascinating post, Kevin. Eclipsed only by w...What a fascinating post, Kevin. Eclipsed only by what a small world it is on the Outfit!!!<br />Wow.Libby Hellmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693555214699897283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-51240366524130350072009-07-24T08:53:11.501-05:002009-07-24T08:53:11.501-05:00Barb, I heard about Allan when John first wrote ab...Barb, I heard about Allan when John first wrote about him in McSweeney's #7. John collected some remembrances of people who knew him (including his second wife, Joan) and McSweeney's reprinted Seager's story "This Town and Salamanca." He and I have discussed Seager off and on since.<br /><br />That McSweeney's is sometimes difficult to find, but there is a <a href="http:Kevin Guilfoilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08239157460247794910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-76209053297656613772009-07-24T08:18:45.009-05:002009-07-24T08:18:45.009-05:00Kevin is referring to the anthology CHICAGO BLUES,...Kevin is referring to the anthology CHICAGO BLUES, edited by our own Libby Hellmann.<br /><br />Certainly put me in touch with John. I'd like that.<br /><br />Kevin, what led you to Allan in the first place?Barbara D'Amatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03991495702239085323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-81763992294167324342009-07-24T07:50:51.456-05:002009-07-24T07:50:51.456-05:00Ha! Barb, it is a testament to your skills that wh...Ha! Barb, it is a testament to your skills that when I read that story I never made the connection. With the POV rotated to the cops and the setting out on the street it never occurred to me that Seager might have been the original inspiration of your story.<br /><br />I really need to put you in touch with my friend John (who now teaches English at Clemson). Seager's sister Jane was his Kevin Guilfoilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08239157460247794910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-21110469134848002712009-07-24T06:53:27.497-05:002009-07-24T06:53:27.497-05:00Kevin, Allan was my uncle. He was married to my mo...Kevin, Allan was my uncle. He was married to my mother's sister, Barbara Watson, whom he met while she was a student at the University of Michigan.<br /><br />I ripped off the plot, too, although with credit where I could get the credit printed, in "The Lower Wacker Hilton." This involved three homless men living in an offshoot of Lower Wacker. Only one had the bed--in this case a Barbara D'Amatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03991495702239085323noreply@blogger.com