ARAM SAROYAN ON SAROYAN ~

 

A marvelous interview with William Saroyan's

son, the poet Aram Saroyan

WILLIAM SAROYAN & VERONICA LAKE ~

 

ON THE GREAT

DICK CAVETT SHOW

WILLIAM SAROYAN CHALKIE ~

 

Back Road Chalkies

November 2020

William Saroyan

photo by bob & susan arnold

Good luck

RE-READING SAROYAN ~

I have always loved the size of this book — smaller

than most hardcovers — and the title and the photo

design taken by the author in some photo booth 

where he kept his hat on and took his hat off.

I'm now ten years older than old man Saroyan

when he wrote this book between living in Paris

and Fresno, 1967-1968, and I have finally

caught up with the great old man since I

first read the book in 1972 when I was twenty

and can now see I either missed or didn't quite understand

yet how very good and wise and understanding this book is.

But I certainly felt something because I've now read the book

every decade since 1972. It's my favorite of all the

many Saroyan books, and if I had to grab

one book rushing out of the house I'd be 

pleased that my hand was holding this book when I looked outside.

I'm rereading the book during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Saroyan caught the Spanish influenza and survived in 1918.

In 1968 he is living through the Hong Kong Flu.

Nothing ever stopped him, not even death. I'm reading him.

[ BA ]

The Dial Press 1970

TEAMWORK ~

William Saroyan, the master storyteller, once co-wrote a song with Ross Bagdasarian (the creator and voice of Alvin and the Chipmunks) that Rosemary Clooney spun into a novelty hit in 1951. Welcome to the world of
"Come On-a My House" ~

saroyan : parajanov.com


coda: I just had a letter this morning, snow falling all around, from good friend William out in Oregon who knows a thing or two about the two gentleman above. He kindly sent this version not to be missed ~ please link here