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The Proust Questionnaire, with Molly Peacock
Submitted by erin on December 21, 2010 - 4:41pm
Molly Peacock is an acclaimed poet, essayist and creative non-fiction writer. Her latest work of non-fiction is The Paper Garden: Mrs. Delany Begins Her Life’s Work at 72 (McClelland & Stewart), at once a biography of an extraordinary 18th-century artist and a meditation on late-life creativity. Her most recent collection of poems is The Second Blush (McClelland & Stewart, 2009), love poems from a mid-life marriage. As President of the Poetry Society of America, Molly Peacock was one of the creators of New York's Poetry in Motion program; co-editing Poetry In Motion: One Hundred Poems From the Subways and Buses. She serves as a Faculty Mentor at the Spalding University Brief Residency MFA Program and is also the Series Editor of The Best Canadian Poetry in English. The Paper Garden, recently named one of the top 20 books of 2010 and a national bestseller, was featured in Open Book's Holiday Book Guide: LIFE STORIES. Don't miss the great line-ups for ANIMALS AMONG US, IDEAS & INSPIRATION, CANADIANA, WORK & PLAY, A TASTE FOR CULTURE, CITY LIVING, THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT and STAGE, SCREEN & SONG. In her answers to the Proust Questionnaire, Molly Peacock tells us her greatest accomplishment, her motto, her idea of misery and more. The Proust Questionnaire was not invented by Marcel Proust, but it was a much loved game by the French author and many of his contemporaries. The idea behind the questionnaire is that the answers are supposed to reveal the respondent's "true" nature. _________________________________ What is your dream of happiness? What is your idea of misery? Where would you like to live? What qualities do you admire most in a man? What qualities do you admire most in a woman? What is your chief characteristic? What is your principal fault? What is your greatest extravagance? What faults in others are you most tolerant of? What do you value most about your friends? What characteristic do you dislike most in others? What characteristic do you dislike most in yourself? What is your favourite virtue? What is your favourite occupation? What would you like to be? What is your favourite colour? What is your favourite flower? What is your favourite bird? What historical figure do you admire the most? What character in history do you most dislike? Who are your favourite prose authors? Who are your favourite poets? Who are your favourite heroes in fiction? Who are your heroes in real life? Who is your favourite painter? Who is your favourite musician? What is your favourite food? What is your favourite drink? What are your favourite names? What is it you most dislike? What natural talent would you most like to possess? How do you want to die? What is your current state of mind? What do you consider your greatest accomplishment? What is your motto? _________________________________
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