Saturday's first blow was the news that Nan had died, followed quickly by Hurricane Dorian's wallop. Is that pathetic fallacy writ large?
When I met her I understood what Walter Pater said about a soul burning with a hard gem-like flame. But there was softness as well. I loved her.
Susan
Susan Drain, PhD
Professor Emerita
English and Writing Studies
Mount Saint Vincent University
Halifax, NS B3M 2J6
www.percyswar.wordpress.com
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Probably some inkshedders will have heard this sad news, but just in case: I’m passing on a letter Judy Segal wrote to the department at UBC, hoping that’s okay with Judy. I think it says something about Nan that all of us who knew her will find moving. Nan was an original Inkshedder, and someone who remains for me as vivid, and important, as anyone I’ve ever known.
* Russ
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Dear Colleagues,
Some of you will remember Nan Johnson, who was a member of our Department from 1981 to 1990. Nan was my doctoral supervisor, in fact. With Andrea Lunsford, Nan made me a rhetorician.
In 1990, Nan joined the English Department at The Ohio State University, and remained there until she retired last year.
Nan died on Saturday, from breast cancer that had become metastatic. Her family, including, especially, her wife, Abigail, and her daughter, Isabel, were with her.
Abby has sent me Nan’s obituary, and I include it here.
https://www.shaw-davis.com/notices/Nancy-Johnson
Judy
Russ Hunt
Professor Emeritus of English
St. Thomas University
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