Another reason why TR Pynchon will never win.

[Mark Kohut]

I agree it stoppers--see what I do there--that generation of US writers,
yes. I also won't let go of my own idea that it didn't/ wouldn't go to TRP
because he would NEVER come get it. Or, send Patti Smith (joke) or have
sent Prof Corey or do that uplifting lecture they want. And they know it.
And as this piece is always saying, their biggest fear is "bad publicity".
When Sartre refused and dissed them, they learned never to forget that.
 (you ever watch it live? You have NEVER seen more mics thrusting forward
anywhere--like a jerry-built, insane octopus of steel limbs with
mouthpieces jutting into the scene. ...all mics, no pic)

NEVER would TRP, I'm always saying  I'll send around my piece on that again
that was almost published when demand gets overwhelming.

And if Brit, I, too, woudda bet on Stoppard, some kind of professional
friend of TRP's we sorta believe or else just another admirer,  but I like
Ishiguro a lot.  Haunting stuff. Gonna teach Remains next semester, i
think. . The Unconsoled still consoles me with its unsettledness. Reminds
me of all our confusions and more.

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On Apr 30, 2018, at 7:17 PM, Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com> wrote:

I think the decision to award the prize to Bob Dylan was the Academy’s way
of saying “we don’t think much of the 1930s-born American novelists (Toni
Morrison aside)”. Doubt anyone from that generation will win the prize now.

I was pleased Kazuo Ishiguro won last year, although if you’d told me in
advance there was to be a British winner I’d have guessed Tom Stoppard.

On Monday, April 30, 2018, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> And it is NOT because the Prize may be skipped but it is because his key
> deep themes of power & domination
> *can't be felt--until too late--by the Academy of Great Readers. So to
> speak. (And I don't believe for five seconds that they will not choose a
> winner*
> *this year. Yeah, two next year to remind everyone of why none this year,
> lol. We'll see.  I think it is just scare publicity to raise the interest.
> Like when famous actors will be in their last movie, and it ain't and like
> that) *
>
> *There have been stories all over about the harassment crimes/scandals and
> if you haven't run across one, google is your friend. *
> *Yeah, "at its functions". *
>
>
> 2018 Nobel Literature Prize May Be Skipped
>
> The crisis at the Swedish Academy has become so serious that the head of
> the panel that awards the literature prize--the most prestigious book award
> in the world--has said the prize may not be awarded this year
> <https://www.thebookseller.com/news/sex-scandal-jeopardises-
> 2018-nobel-prize-literature-776416>,
> the *Bookseller* reported.
>
> At the core of the crisis are accusations of assault by 18 women "against
> French photographer Jean-Claude Arnault, who is married to an Academy
> member, Katarina Frostenson. Arnault has denied the allegations. The
> photographer is also accused of being part of a breach of the Academy's
> secrecy rules by leaking the names of past Nobel prize-winners in advance,
> which again he has denied."
>
> In addition, the Swedish Academy last week released a statement confirming
> that "unacceptable behavior in the form of unwanted intimacy" had taken
> place at its functions and that the literature prize's reputation had
> "suffered greatly" from publicity surrounding recent events.
>
> The Academy meets on Thursday, May 3, to decide whether or not to award a
> prize this October. If it doesn't award a prize in 2018, it would award two
> prizes for literature in 2019.
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