Our boy Pynchon

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Laura,

I agree with you. Taking embarrassment as a negative, what positive gain
would there be in showing up on The View? Flog his latest book? I think
not.

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> Once you get started, it's hard to stop (as I think the immortal Chaka
> Khan said).  At this point, it would probably be too personally
> embarrassing for him to become a public figure.
>
> Laura
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Matthew Ryan <matthew.ryan at gmail.com>
>>Sent: Mar 18, 2008 11:38 AM
>>To: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>>Cc: Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>, nbryant2
>> <nbryant2 at mail.rochester.edu>, pynchon-l at waste.org,
>> pynchon-l-digest at waste.org
>>Subject: Re: Our boy Pynchon
>>
>>Two words: "misshapen choppers."
>>
>>On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 9:59 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Dave Monroe
>>> <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > On 3/18/08, nbryant2 <nbryant2 at mail.rochester.edu> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > This might be a stupid question, but why has our oh so faithful
>>> author
>>> remained
>>> > > anonymous in the picture category.
>>> >
>>> > A couple/three guesses, at least.  1.  So he won't be recogized on
>>> the
>>> street et al.;
>>>
>>> It's not like he's really a celebrity, is it?  Literature geeks might
>>> be problematic, but I doubt it. Can you really imagine Pynchon
>>> paparazzi?   His celebrity is more a result of his famed avoidance of
>>> same than his writing.
>>>
>>> David Morris
>>>
>
>