List of biographical articles on Pynchon

[Tyler Wilson]

Reading my last comment on this, it now seems like I was coming off a little strong for the context. I'd been out on the town and was... Feeling things deeply.

Still sums it up for me though. I think maybe they proffered the denial because it doesn't represent him in the best light. Seems like a quick, emotional, reactionary response to the circumstances at the time, which for me fits nicely with how I see him. He's more eloquent when he has time and controls the situation. Doesn't like being surprised. Running away from hotels... "Get that fucking hand away from me..", etc. I just think this might have been a rare time where he / they felt they should try and walk it back.

And I don't know about Melanie Jackson, but I don't think I can agree with the man himself disbelieving in bullshitting. Doesn't sum him up, but definitely there is a seed of it lingering *most of the time*. Though his heart and compassion for folks is what carries the day.

Again, who knows if it is legit. Feels like it to me though. And it seems to have been somewhat tacitly accepted as authentic by a number of Pynheads of long standing. Think I've seen it listed on a number of respectable bibliographies. 

In the end, it doesn't change one dot, the works / words we *know* are his, and those are all that matters.
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T


> On Sep 27, 2014, at 8:21 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
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> The denial from The Pynchon camp is (about) the only one they have ever proffered. Only other one I can think of is Pynchon's witty denial that he was J. D. Salinger. " Nice Try". 
> 
> Despite whatever, I believe Ms. Jackson. For my judgment of her/their disbelief in bullshitting. 
> And because the interview NEVER rang true to me, ----" I"m clapping Tinkerbell, clapping here" 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
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>> On Sep 27, 2014, at 1:05 AM, Tyler Wilson <tbsqrd at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> No proof. But: I think that denial is a bunch of bullshit. Without good proof to the contrary, I think it is legit. And however that fucks with the schema you've constructed for him, it lines up with mine. *And* doesn't detract from my opinion of him. Lines up perfectly in fact.
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>> T
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>>> On Sep 26, 2014, at 9:48 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> The Japanese Playboy interview has been denied as by Pynchon by his wife-agent. You decide. 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
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>>>> On Sep 26, 2014, at 8:00 PM, Bob Mccart <lebishar at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> What are the essentials? I want to know what I'm missing.
>>>> 
>>>> I have the Jules Siegal playboy article.
>>>> I have one short Siegal email interview.
>>>> I have the Pynchon playboy Japan interview, translated.
>>>> I have the picture of Pynchon, bearded, in a light colored suit, at a
>>>> wedding (Siegal's?)
>>>> 
>>>> Anything else?
>>>> Thanks!
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