Nacht and English Department Host Pynchon Symposium

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"“I think the story goes something like this,” began Penn State  
professor of english Kathryn Hume: “When a journalist from Life  
magazine went to Pynchon’s house to talk with him after the  
publication of Gravity’s Rainbow, Pynchon jumped out of a window and  
hopped on a bus that took him 200 miles away in order to avoid the  
journalist.”
This story and other Pynchonian legends were shared at Tuesday’s  
Thomas Pynchon symposium, organized by Nacht magazine and the English  
Department. Pynchon, author of novels including The Crying Lot of 49,  
Vinelandand, most recently, Inherent Vice, is famous for being a  
recluse. The symposium was brought together as a continuation of Laura  
Backup’s article on the Thomas Pynchon wiki, and the theme of  
marginalia and fan culture in the most recent edition of Nacht  
Magazine."

http://daily.swarthmore.edu/2010/4/27/pynchon-symposium/

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