Recognizing The Recognitions

Richard Ryan himself at richardryan.com
Tue Mar 22 10:56:31 CDT 2011


Lol -  au contraire (this is more evidence, if it were needed, that
tone REALLY impossible to detect in e-mail):  like Mark, I thought the
Gaddis quote Erik generously shared with us - as well as his pithy
gloss - was brilliant.  I look FORWARD to being schooled....
PRESENTLY!


On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:58 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> You say this in a tone that sounds annoyed.  His "schooling" doesn't
> bother me in the least.  At least it is moderately intelligible,
> unlike other torrents of erudition that appear here now and then.  I
> gave The Recognitions a try a few years ago, but quit less than
> half-way in.  The parts that I found hard to swallow were his
> descriptions and interactions of his NYC "whole sick crew."  I may
> give it another try sometime...
>
> David Morris
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Richard Ryan <himself at richardryan.com> wrote:
>> Mr Burns (besides running a mean nuclear power plant), is obviously going to school us all in things Gaddisian.
>
>



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