New York Observer (6/2/97)

[ckaratnytsky]

     davemarc gives me the bad news re the M&D publicity wagon:
     
     >With backing from Holt, venues such as KGB, a literary bar in the 
     >East Village, sponsored a Pynchon imitation contest
     
     Oh my God!  I played right into the filthy dirty hands of those 
     nefarious advertising ne'er-do-wells.  Oh, I am disabused!  
     Scandalized!  Humiliated!  I have been made a convenience of!  Oh, the 
     humanity!  [continue rant until end of message]
     
     Chris