The Big Heart of Michael Glosup, et al

[mglosup at randomc.com]

On 30 Oct 96 at 16:44, Jules, from political exile in the Yucatan, 
wrote:


> Ask the "more deserving" them to send you information on Thomas Pynchon,
> too, while they're at it. I didn't gratuitously post this article. I
> received a number of requests for it after I had taken off-line because
> I didn't want to prejudice my copyright. If you didn't appreciate it,
> delete it. 
 
Actually I was one of those who requested the article by private 
mail.  I am grateful that you did post it.  I had heard of the 
article a couple of years ago but had never read it. I appreciate you 
posting it and am sorry that I was remiss in not properly thanking 
you for doing so. 

Although your article and your "interviews" with your ex-wife are 
mildly interesting snatches of Pynchonalia there is little of value 
to a serious student of Pynchon seeking to enhance understanding of 
the text. Color me a radical Formalist, but TRP's sexual prowess, 
sexual proclivities, and sexual partners are of little relevance to his 
work.  I do not feel the need to materially compensate you 
for your article, for questioning your ex-wife, or for your personal 
insight.  There are other professional writers on this list, none of 
whom in my memory have ever dunned us for payment. 

This list is a voluntary enterprise.  If you feel  your contributions 
are under-appreciated, then cease contributing. I also still hold to 
my original assertion that their are more deserving donees for 
surplus literature and heterosexual porn. You are presumably 
employable and relatively unoppressed (by, say, 
Timorese/Chiapas/African-American  standards) so I would have to reject
you as a worthy candidate for a fundraiser. 
 
Thanks again for the article,
Michael Glosup