"In every one of . . . [novelist Pat] Conroy's big, story-driven Southern books, there has been a father, a son and a holy ghost in the form of an ineffable secret," wrote Tracy Coch...
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Pat Conroy's writing is marked by an obsessive interest in the love/hate relationship and its ensuing tensions. Whether between Citadel cadet and "The Boo," young teacher and school superintendent, or...
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Critical Essay by Anatole Broyard
He's not much of a stylist and his sense of humor needs work, but Pat Conroy has a nice, wry perspective and a wholehearted commitment to his job. It's...
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Critical Essay by James J. Buckley, Jr.
Although the circumstances of [the teaching assignment portrayed in The Water Is Wide] were atypical, the lessons [Conroy] taught and the lessons he learned sh...
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Critical Essay by Jim Haskins
"They gave me a boat, told me 'Good Luck,' and that was all they told me," Conroy recalls [in "The Water Is Wide"]. Apparently,...
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Teaching The Water Is Wide
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The Water Is Wide Lesson Plans contain 109 pages of teaching material, including:
Pat Conroy
Donald Pat(rick) Conroy
Critical Essay by Anatole Broyard
