MJA address (was Re: Pynchon handwriting)

[Mark Wright AIA]

Alas no. Or at least **not that I know of**
Her business phone # is listed.


--- Walt Sobzak <wss879 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Hi, Mark:
>  
> Thanks for your response. Although I'm a big Pynchon reader, I'm new
> to the esoterica associated with the man and his work. (I only
> recently subscribed to the Pynchon list). While I understand your
> reference to W.A.S.T.E., is there such a network outside of Lot 49?
>  
> Thanks.
>  
> Walt 
> 
> Mark Wright AIA <mwaia at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Curious, I tapped her up on anywho.com, and see that she no longer
> lists a street address, just "New York NY 10001"
> That zip code is, of course, the main post office opposite Mad Sq
> Gdn.
> It is a gargantuan classical building by McKim Mead & White, and it
> sports the text frieze "Neither rain nor sleet nor snow stays these
> couriers" etc etc *and* wait for it the names Thurn und Taxis.
> Its a shame, but it seems we've driven Melanie, Tom and Jackson even
> further underground. Contact her through W.A.S.T.E.
> 
> 
> --- Walt Sobzak wrote:
> > 
> > Several years ago I purchased a copy of The Crying of Lot 49 from a
> > dealer who had acquired it from the estate of Baxter Hathaway. I
> had
> > already read the book, and purchased it because of its association
> > with Hathaway, who was one of Pynchon's favorite profs at Cornell.
> > (Hathaway's ownership signature is on the front endpaper.) 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Recently, while cataloging my collection, I came upon an overlooked
> > sheet of paper that was tucked into the volume. The sheet contains
> > Pynchon's handwritten name and the address of the Melanie Jackson
> > agency. When comparing the handwriting with that which appears on
> the
> > cover of Clifford Mead's Pynchon bibliography, the two seem to be
> > from the same hand.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I'd like to get attribution for the handwriting. I sent jpgs of the
> > documents to the Jackson agency at 250 W. 57th, but it was stamped
> > "moved" by the post office and sent back.
> > 
> > Does anyone have the new address for the Jackson agency? I'm hoping
> > against hope that Ms. Jackson will provide attribution.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks for any help...
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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