Jest Shy Of Infinite
Michael D. Workman
m-workman at nwu.edu
Thu Aug 5 09:09:55 CDT 1999
At 02:18 AM 8/5/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Okay, NOW all of you Wallace fans come out of the closet. I thought the
>mere mention of _Infinte Jest_ was still _verboten_ here in Pynchon-land,
>the slightest soupçon of a footnote setting knees a-jerk and tongues
>a-wagging. Me, I liked _IJ_ very very much, and it's nice to see I'm not
>_entirely_ alone on that one.
I still think it's wanker writing to some degree, but I think I could spend
some time with it seriously, and maybe then I'd warm up to it like a daddy
who wants to give some lovin' to the neighbor's wife. But personally, he's
nice enough--if a little goofy.
Cheers,
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