a beat connection?

[Lori N. Howard]

Greetings.
	I don't know about a beat influence, but there certainly is a 
connection between Pynchon and one-novel wonder Richard Farina, who i've 
always thought of as a beat writer. Pynchon wrote the lauding intro to 
Farina's _Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me_. (Farina died in a 
motorcycle crash the night of the book release party. Fun fact: he was also 
a folk singer, and was married to Mimi Baez, Joan's sister.)

back to lurking,
	
	lorelei
	(lnhoward at gsu.edu)