is Pynchon a recluse?

[Doug Millison]

Please don't take my word for it, check the NYTimes archives, Salon.com, and
the many other newspapers and magazines that reported the relevant excerpts
from Pynchon's letters to Candida Donadio.  Here's a starting point:

March 4, 1998, Wednesday 
Pynchon's Letters Nudge His Mask 
By MEL GUSSOW 
Source: The New York Times
Section: The Arts/Cultural Desk 
1420 words 

"MalignD at aol.com"
Put another way, if P--envisioning himself in the company of giants as 
Millison would have it--