English Majors

[Michael Fonash]

Graduated with undergrad in English/Secondary Ed. Certificate. Read
CoL 49 in Contermporary Lit class.  However, it was all drop in the
bucket after my The German Idealism course I snuck into during my
Freshman year.

Mike

On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> No college degree. Studied music and dropped out to "go pro",
> haha...Discovered GR on the bottom rack of B. Dalton's in a mall.
>
> On Sep 29, 2012 6:39 PM, "Jamie Collinson" <jamie at bigdada.com> wrote:
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>> I have a BA in English from King's College London, where Crying of Lot 49
>> was required reading, as for Billy below
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>> On 29 Sep 2012, at 21:16, Billy Genocide wrote:
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>> Yep, I have a BA in English from UC Berkeley. Lot 49 was required reading
>> in two of my classes. I read GR on my own time...
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 11:54 AM, <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I read the short stories, V., GR & Lot 49 in high school, on the
>>> secondhand advice of a physics teacher who taught the other group. I went to
>>> college in the shadow of Mt Greylock, regularly played the drinking game
>>> they play with champagne at the Casino Hermann Goering (we played with
>>> beer), and scribbled a thesis on detective fiction and TRP (+ DeLillo),
>>> which somehow got me the degree in English. Lot 49 was on the syllabus for
>>> English 201, which is where I got my thesis advisor. A lot of people I knew
>>> had read TRP or read him in college, and not just the EMs.
>>> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Kris Williams <spaceace462 at gmail.com>
>>> Sender: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org
>>> Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 13:31:21 -0500
>>> To: Markekohut<markekohut at yahoo.com>
>>> Cc: “pynchon-l at waste.org“<pynchon-l at waste.org>; Brian
>>> Kempf<btkempf at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: English Majors
>>>
>>> Manqué humor from an iPad.  Sign o' the times.
>>>
>>> On Sep 29, 2012 1:27 PM, "Markekohut" <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I coulda been a contender...Philosopher.
>>>> So I got a degree in Manqué.
>>>>
>>>> Now I am working on my Master's in Pynchon from Candlebrow U.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 29, 2012, at 1:09 PM, Brian Kempf <btkempf at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > I'm curious about how many P-listers here have degrees in English,
>>>> > Literature, or something similar. I just transferred from a BS in Economics
>>>> > to a BA in English at my school.
>>>> > I've yet to meet anyone who reads (or knows) Pynchon, so I'm curious
>>>> > as to what those who do studied or what fields they work in.
>>>> >
>>>> > Thoughts?
>>>> >
>>>> > B
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