Cleary/Blume and MC Tommy P

[Peter Giordano]

Judy Blume is a hack who found one note and plays it over and
over - Beverly Cleary actually reads and writes about things she
knows and when she doesn't  know she does some research so
I guess there's your answer

Somebody said:
>I'm embroiled in an argument over who's more Pynchonesque: Judy
>Blume or Beverly Cleary. Discussion of these authors is probably
>outside the charter of this group, but I'd appreciate it if someone
>could point me to a scholarly discussion of this question.
>
>Mike Benedetti


Peter Giordano
Williams College
Williamstown, MA