Pynchon at Cornell

[Jules Siegel]

At 10:30 PM 05/6/97 -0400, Orlowsky at aol.com wrote:
>Saturday's Daily Telegraph (May 3) contains a remarkably uninspired and vague
>little memoir about Pynchon at Cornell, written by one Lorana Sullivan, who
>claims to have sat next to Pynchon in Baxter Hathaway's creative writing
>seminars.  Nearly all of it could have been appropriated from other sources.
> The only even remotely original content is this description of the post-Navy
>Pynchon: "By the time he returned to Cornell, he was a shade under 6 ft with
>a slim, wiry build. His face was thin, elongated by a neatly trimmed beard.
>His hair was black. This made him appear somewhat sinister, even satanic - if
>you missed the twinkle in his eye."
>
>Ever hear of Ms. Sullivan, Jules?

I never went back to Cornell after dropping out to join the Army in 1954.
I'm pretty sure she's got the height wrong. He was distinctly taller than I
am. I was almost 6' at the time. I'm not any more -- age and other factors.

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