condolences

[Bonnie Surfus (ENG)]

Someone sent their apologies concerning the passing of my professor.  I 
forget who, but wanted to say "thanks."  You may have read some of his 
work on Satire--Dr. John Clark.  He was hysterically funny and a rigorous 
scholar.  We used to sit in his class and remark that he must have read 
every book ever writtten.  He was one of those.  To him, everything is 
satire.  He changed the way I read books, in no small way.  For him, 
Dostoevsky was a cut-up.  He used to defer often to the phrase "and so on 
and so forth," which is used often by the underground man and then by 
many contemporary writers in various configurations (Vonnegut, Beckett, 
etc.)  Not to bore you, I'll sign off.  Just thought that if you did know 
of Dr. Clark, maybe you'd like to raise a glass with us, in simpatico 
remembrance (does that make sense?)  Anyhow.  

Bonnie