wallace-l: DFW Wins Big

[Meg Larson]

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> From: Steve MacLeod <smacleod at uci.edu>
> To: Bruce Appelbaum <Bruce_Appelbaum at chemsystems.com>
> Cc: wallace-l at waste.org; pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: wallace-l: DFW Wins Big
> Date: Thursday, June 19, 1997 1:25 PM
>
Steve, talking about his wife: 

> our discussions of writing. "You know," she said, "these are all guy
> novels, written by guys, for guys. When you cut through all of the

Gee, and all this time I thought I was a girl who liked TRP.  A-and I like
Hemingway, too, so I better go have a talk with my parents:
"Uh, Mom, Dad--I like books that are apparently written by guys FOR guys. 
What does this mean?"
"Well, dear, you see--we always wanted a daughter, and God wouldn't
cooperate, so . . ."
"Just shave that mustache, darling daughter--no one will know."

Damme--that was a horrible two days, wasn't it?

Happy we're back,
Meg