Fw: Re: newsletter item

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Let's keep our fingers crossed!


-----Forwarded Message-----
>From: David Byrnes <dbyrnes at cathedralnyc.org>
>Sent: Feb 1, 2006 4:59 PM
>To: kelber at mindspring.com
>Subject: Re: newsletter item
>
>Hi Laura,
>
>This is only my second year at Cathedral, so my institutional memory doesn1t
>quite reach back to Œ99.  However, I asked around and Mr. Pynchon did in
>fact contribute to our newsletter, when his son was enrolled here.  I1ve
>asked our Development Office to keep an eye out for the article (this
>happens to be their busiest time of year!) and they1ve promised to let me
>know if they come across a copy.  Hopefully we can dig one up for you.
>
>I1ll be sure to stay in touch.
>
>-David Byrnes
>
>On 2/1/06 4:03 PM, "kelber at mindspring.com" <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi David,
>> 
>> I'm writing to you on behalf of the subscribers to the Pynchon List
>> (www.waste.org/pynchon-l/ <http://www.waste.org/pynchon-l/> ). A chronology of
>> Pynchon's life by Paul Royster, of the U of Nebraska-Lincoln, mentioned the
>> following:
>> 
>> 1999 - Pynchon contributes a 500-word article, "Hallowe'en?  Over Already?" to
>> the Cathedral School Newsletter.
>> 
>> Naturally, we on the list are dying to read it, having eagerly read and
>> re-read such obscure Pynchonalia as his famous Boeing  Aircraft safety
>> memorandum and the liner notes for the band Lotion's CD.  We're pretty
>> obsessed.  The subscribers to the list are assorted academics, writers and
>> fellow travelers, who have contempt for anyone who would attempt to exploit or
>> profiteer from our hero.  We'd merely like to read the article for strictly
>> on-list discussion purposes.  If you have access to the article and can see it
>> within your heart to mail or e-mail it to me (or directly to the list), we'd
>> be eternally grateful.
>> 
>> Thank you for your time.
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> 
>> Laura Kelber
>> 718-499-7867
>> 1060 East 18th Street
>> Brooklyn, NY 11230
>> 
>> pynchon-l at waste.org <mailto:>
>> 
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