R.I.P. Clancy Sigal

[Laura Kelber]

Clancy passed away last night at a ripe old age. No obits out yet, but
hopefully there will be some out soon.

I first became aware of him as he was portrayed by Doris Lessing in The
Golden Notebook, as the character Saul Green. He wrote a wonderful
reminiscence, on her passing:

https://newrepublic.com/article/115645/doris-lessings-former-companion-remembers-her-legacy

But he also made a huge impression on me back in my youth with his
best-known work, Going Away: A Report, a Memoir. Look it up if you haven't
read it.

He wrote with honesty, wit and a keen eye, about writers,
pop-psycho-babble, Hollywood, lefty politics (he was a red-diaper baby) and
the culture and politics of the day. He also co-wrote the screenplay for
Frida (2002). Just an all-around witty, wonderful great guy. I was lucky to
be able to read his many mini-essays on his Facebook page. I'll miss them
(and him).

His complete works:

*Weekend in Dinlock*, Houghton Mifflin, 1960.
*Going Away*, 1961
*Zone of the Interior*, New York: Thomas W. Crowell, 1976.
*The Secret Defector*, New York: Harper Collins, 1992
*A Woman of Uncertain Character: The amorous and radical adventures of my
mother Jennie (who always wanted to be a respectable Jewish mom) by her
bastard son* (2006)
*Hemingway Lives! Why Reading Ernest Hemingway Matters Today*, OR Books,
2013

Laura
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