On Pynchon in Public Day

Mark Kohut markekohut at yahoo.com
Fri May 13 10:01:03 CDT 2011


Celebrating writers in public (even Pynchon)
The Guardian (blog)
A chance spotting of a man reading Thomas Pynchon's V on the tube was the 
catalyst for the first ever "Pynchon in Public" day on 8 May - the author's 
birthday – last weekend. Inspired by the SA4QE event, when novelist Russell 
Hoban's admirers 


I believe I,  suggested to Dystopia2009 (John Dee) via an instant twitter 
response that the day be P's birthday---of course the obvious day to choose by 
anyone, sez me hungering for fame in an anti-group anarchist betrayal...

Writer of this should have gotten some of Mike Beiderbeck's pictures in the 
story....They are easily findable...

I read some Against The Day in public alone with no visual recognition. 



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