"The Letters of Wanda Tinasky to the AVA"

[Penny Padgett]

Hi all,

Acting on a tip from a correspondent at a local radio station, I 
ventured to send $5 to the Anderson Valley Advertiser for a "preview 
edition" of "The Letters of Wanda Tinasky to the AVA."

The information in the packet is fascinating, including the letter from
Fred Gardner of the Anderson Valley Advertiser noting that "In a 
statement sent to us by his agent in mid-June, Thomas Pynchon disclaimed
authorship of the Wanda Tinkasy [sic] letters."

Unfortunately, the layout of this "preview edition" is appallingly,
almost unreadably bad.  I had hopes that the book itself would be
better, but having looked at the ordering information, I'm no longer
sure.  Sigh.  Well, no one ever said that truth and enlightenment were
pretty.  :-)

Penny


  The Letters of Wanda Tinasky to the Anderson Valley Advertiser
  Annotations by Bruce Anderson and the Tinasky Research Group
  With illustrations by Judy Brown and "M."
  An AVA Book
  Publication date:  October 15
  Format as per this sampler [Editor's note: Argh!], 220 pages 
  Including 62 Tinasky letters and more than 60 by the same author
    using other pseudonyms
  Retail price:  $19.95

  Distributed by:
  Last Gasp
  777 Florida St.
  San Francisco, CA    94110
  Phone:  415/824-6636
  Fax:  415/824-1836

  And available directly from
  AVA Books
  P.O. Box 591263
  San Francisco, CA  941259 [sic]
  Phone:  707/895-3016
  Fax:  707/895-3355

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