wallace-l: DFW Joke In Forthcoming Novel

[Mark Kohut]

I think Ms Celt prolly wanted it to rub us all the wrong way, yes?...
I like her already.....and had never heard of her before.....another book I
have to read?

On Wed, Apr 6, 2022 at 2:25 PM Allen Ruch <quail at shipwrecklibrary.com>
wrote:

> I had the exact same thought!
>
> Though I have to say, the description “paltry, masculine, but not
> illiterate” rubs me the wrong way. I mean…. “but not illiterate?” Thanks, I
> guess?
>
> —Quail
>
> From: Pynchon-l <pynchon-l-bounces at waste.org> on behalf of Mark Kohut <
> mark.kohut at gmail.com>
> Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at 7:13 AM
> To: Paul Cray <pmcray at gmail.com>
> Cc: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Subject: Re: wallace-l: DFW Joke In Forthcoming Novel
> And a near-allusion, like an off-rhyme to Gaddis's novel? Esp
> its meaning??
>
> Love this too.
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 5:34 PM Paul Cray <pmcray at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > From: Michael Gural-Maiello <destor23 at gmail.com>
> > Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2022 at 20:13
> > Subject: wallace-l: DFW Joke In Forthcoming Novel
> > To: wallace-l <wallace-l at waste.org>
> >
> >
> > From End of the World House, out in late April by Adrienne Celt:
> >
> > "One Sunday afternoon, while browsing his bookshelf -- paltry, masculine,
> > but not illiterate -- she found a childhood photo of him stuck between
> > *Gravity's
> > Rainbow* and *Infinite Jest*, and gasped at her instant sense of
> > recognition."
> >
> > It gave me a chuckle. I like the use of Pynchon and Wallace here in not
> the
> > usual way.
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