shall i protect a whorl?

[Dave Monroe]

... well, think your inquiries went largely unanswered here, and, while I can't claim to be
particularly qualified to answer them, I did notice that one David W. Lawrence, author of
"Counterfeiting America in Mason & Dixon" (Oklahoma City Univeristy Law Review, Vol. 24, no. 23 [Fall,
1999] ... the "Thomas Pynchon and the Law" issue, which I'm finding is, indeed, a must have), "teaches
9th-grade English at Cesar Chavez High School in Phoenix, Arizona."   So maybe talk to this guy, for
starters ... but, hell, I've even got little "Reading Group Guide" pamphlet from Harper Perennial on V.
and The Crying of Lot 49 I've been using as a bookmark, there are ten questions per book which aren't
actually all too bad of places (topoi, topics) to start.  My personal favorite: "After speaking with
Driblette's mother and with the neofascist 'Winner' Tremaine, the troubled Oedipa thinks, 'This is
America, you live in it, you let it happen.'  What are the implications of that thought?"   These are
actually online at http://www.perennialclassics.com ... click on "Readers," which will lead you to an
impressive list of titles ... but I imagine there are many here who can and will be of far more help
...



John Pappas wrote:

> hello all...
>
> this is my first pynchon post, having signed up a week ago after having completed 'lot 49' and
> 'vineland'. i am soon to start 'mason & dixon'. i have two questions:
>
> 1) i am an english teacher, and i would love to teach 'lot 49' in a class labeled 'modern
> american', which i am slowly shifting to 'post-modern american'. has anyone developed lesson plans
> for this novel (geared toward the high school level preferably, but i'm more than willing to
> adapt)?
>
> 2) this may be an embarrassingly newbie question, but what the hell -- i have no shame. what's the
> latest news on new pynchon material. i know he's been doing a lot of liner notes for various albums
> (i have the spike jones disc), and he interviewed lotion as well (transcript online?)...is there a
> discography of these short pieces? will he be publishing anything new anytime soon?
>
> thanks for your patience, and thanks for your insightful comments.
>
> john