Exhaustion (fwd)

[hankhank at ccwf.cc.utexas.edu]

Grant White writes:
At 13:17 7/12/96 -0700, Steelhead wrote:
>> But for the past twenty years Barth's been the biggest bore on
>>the eastern seaboard.

>Oh alright already. I don't think Barth has any delusions of grandeur
>about where he sits in the last twentysome years. Hasn't stopped him though.

Look what I found last week. A suitable occasion to go (well, maybe not 
that easy for you, Grant) and ask JB what he means by GR's "coldness";
isn't it after all so that when it comes to both "cold" and "warm" colors, 
Barth's spectrum has always been hugely narrower than Pynchon's?	

Heikki


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Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 10:25:30 -0500 (EST)
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