Fwd: Re: It's Not Too Late

[Dave Monroe]

"Graciously"??(!)  Well, I never ...

--- Otto Penzler <ottopenzler at mysteriousbookshop.com>
wrote:

> From: "Otto Penzler"
> <ottopenzler at mysteriousbookshop.com>
> To: "Dave Monroe" <monropolitan at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: It's Not Too Late
> Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 14:01:27 -0500
> 
> Dear Mr. Monroe,
>     Thanks for your charming note.  My tongue is
> often in my cheek, especially when I write about
> VERY literary novels.  As an English major many
> years ago, I've read a lot of literature that
> is difficult, inaccessible, experimental, some of
> which I've loved and some of which defeated me.
> I like taking the position of a middle-brow for
> my column, even though it often seems offensive
> to some (indeed, IS offensive to some!) because
> I am devoted to literary crime fiction, which is
> NOT difficult, inaccessible and seldom
> experimental.  Not everyone responds as graciously
> as you did.
>     I hope you had a wonderful Christmas (or
> whatever) and will enjoy a wonderful new year.
>     Yours sincerely, Otto

See ...

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0612&msg=113146

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0612&msg=113153

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