Pynchon's Papers

[rich]

still cracks me up from Simpsons

Thomas Pynchon's House:  Come on In!

On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 4:04 PM Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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