ATDTDA (11): Flat Frank, 296-304 #3

[Ya Sam]

>Is street-learning more valuable in the book than book learning?   Is there 
>a certain whiff of anti-intellectualism going on here in various ways?
>
>Bekah


Very good question, Bekah. It is my firm conviction that Pynchon wouldn't 
have become the Pynchon we know if he hadn't done that stint in the navy as 
well as that job for Boing. That's what most of the graduates of creative 
writing programmes lack - real experience, learning not only from books, but 
also from real life. I think Pynchon cherishes the latter as much as the 
former.

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