Re: the Hamilton book

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Camille said:

> But on the other hand, I am also the one who
> dreams of slipping notes and manuscripts into his letterbox as a kind of
> Wailing Wall from which I may or may not get a reply

I think this is a particularly brilliant comparison.  I don't really always
want meet writers I admire -- what's to say?  I think the Wailing Wall
image -- with its hope that slipping a note might gain something good -- is
very accurate.  Because really, what is there to be said to his face?  I
wouldn't want to be Betty  Eppes, raving at him, "Will there be a sequel to
Catcher in the Rye?"

--tim

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