Interview with Chrissie

[Jules Siegel]

MantaRay at aol.com wrote:
> 
> My question is:
> 
> Does TP ever express admiration or its opposite of some of his contemporary
> writers? What does he feel about the state of literature? Does he ever
> mention any other writers, like Don DeLillo, who many scholars, including
> myself, are sort of lumping him together, for better or worse, with? My main
> interest is to see whether feels that deep academic scrutiny of his work is a
> waste of time or whether he appreciates it.
> 
> Scott Thill
> Berkeley, CA

Chrissie will answer for herself, but the only writer I ever heard him
comment favorably on was John Speicher, author of "Looking for Baby
Paradise," for which he wrote a puff in 1966 or 67. I believe he said,
"This Speicher cat can really write!" Tom's use of doper slang always
reminded me of jazz behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. Hop?
Hep? Hip!
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