Personal Scatologies

[Henry M]

Hmmm.... Pynchon biographer.... How about a ballad, something like 
Bob Dylan's "Joey" for Joey Gallo?

On  5 Feb 97 at 1:13, Daniel O'Hara wrote:

> 
> If, as Andrew Dinn implies, the Warwick conference could be taken to
> be a fair index of the success of the academic Pynchon industry,
> then it might be fitting to note that said conference was more of a
> "no budget" affair than a "low-budget" one. That said, a good
> proportion of the contributors were not part of any academic
> institution, and many of those who were did not come from English
> Lit. departments (one such notable being Mr. Dinn himself.) Indeed,
> the conference itself was in fact held in the Philosophy department;
> perhaps it isn`t such an accurate index after all. Thanks are due
> then to Andrew Dinn for hammering home what should be glaringly
> obvious to the sweaty-browed: there`s no capital, economic or
> otherwise, waiting to be snapped up by academics who read Pynchon.
> Their motives are the same as everyone else`s. If there`s a real
> need for a whipping-boy in the University sector, perhaps we should
> wait for the first Pynchon biographer...
> 
> 
> 

My mother was of the sky... -- JL
My mother is the war...
Keep cool, but care. -- TRP
Moderation in moderation. -- Husky Mariner
Not having that, which having... :-(

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