Pynchon re Einstein on Race and Racism WAS Re: ATD: cover seal

[pynchonoid]

Reserving judgement on the political content of the
seal, if any, in the ATD cover context.

I have in hand a copy of a book Pynchon blurbed last
year, Einstein on Race and Racism.

>From the Preface:

"More than one hundred biographies and monographs
about Albert Einstein have been published, yet not one
of them mentions the name Paul Robeson, let alone
Einstein's friendship with him; or the name W.E.B. Du
Bois, let alone Einstein's support for him.
...Despsite Einstein's clear intention to make his
politics public--especially his antilynching and other
antiracist activities--the history-molders have seemed
embarrassed to do so. Or nervous. ...Racism in America
depends for its survival in large part on the
smothering of antiracist voices, especially when those
voices come from popular and widely respecvted
individuals--like Albert Einstein,. This book, then,
aspires to be part of a grand unsmothering."

I haven't seen a copy of the hardcover edition, with
Pynchon's blurb, but here's what it's supposed to say:

"A fascinating and timely upgrade to our current
perceptions ofEinstein, redeemed from the careful
silences of official narrative. Allowing the voices of
the people who lived it to tell the story, Jerome and
Taylor have brilliantly given us back a part of our
history, refocusing attention on the heart and soul of
what Einstein's life was always about."

 Einstein on Race and Racism, by Fred Jerome and
Rodger Taylor. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers UP, 2005.
Back jacket.

In recent weeks, I've looked at almost all of the
books Pynchon has blurbed over the years.  It makes an
ecelectic collection, and an interesting look into
Pynchon's concerns.

I won't be going out on a limb to predict that Pynchon
deals with black-white race issues in Against the Day.



 
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