DFW defense

[Ted Samsel]

R sez:
> 
> And William Vollmann's name hasn't popped up in all this comparative
> rambling.  Has he just been resolutely dismissed at some prior time? (like I
> said, I'm new around here) Because (to keep with the biological metaphor)
> the guy is a veritable rainforest -- to my mind, at least.  Some people may
> just not be too fond of undergrowth...

Bzzt! Wrong-O. 
There is little undergrowth in the TRF (tropical rainforest). Get
yer ecotonal metaphors in line, Oque?

Is there a pool going to guess when Vollmann finally croaks? The
boy don't seem to care much.

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