Pynchon's Papers

[Erik T. Burns]

I assume Rich is talking about this article: How Janet Malcolm Created Her
Own Personal Archive ‹ Literary Hub (lithub.com)
<https://lithub.com/how-janet-malcolm-created-her-own-personal-archive/>

On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 8:18 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> I thought that letter said three MORE so they would have been GR, M & D and
> ATD, I think, s he described them.
> Vineland seems to have grown out of his watching American current
> events....
>
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 3:16 PM Scott Badger <jscottbadger at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Can't find the reference now, but there was that comment in a letter to
> his
> > editor while working on V (?) saying he had three novels in mind which
> > would have great literary significance..... So, I wonder if P thinks he
> > lived up to his legacy....
> >
> > And assuming V and GR are one and two, is M&D number three? Or, ATD? Or,
> > yet to be written?.....
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Scott
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 1:17 PM rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I haven't read the article, nor am I that familiar with Janet Malcolm,
> > but
> > > this blurb makes me wonder if Mr P has done something similar w/r/t to
> > his
> > > legacy (which begs the question what one wonders what he thinks about
> his
> > > legacy.
> > >
> > > rich
> > >
> > > Janet Malcolm's personal papers reflect the care and concern of someone
> > > deeply wary of becoming another writer's subject
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