Re: autograph
Valerie Thompson (american_night@hotmail.com)
Sun, 26 Apr 1998 09:28:20 -0700 (PDT)
>--- You wrote:
> So now you have something he probably touched!
>I'd love to do the same, I mean to send JDS a letter only to have =
>it
>touched by him.
>Could you please so kind to let me have his address?
>--- end of quote ---
>
>ENOUGH!
>
>Several months ago we endured a similar thread on this list, when =
>someone posted asking for directions to Salinger's house. Curiosity =
>is a normal human characteristic, okay, but so is the common sense =
>that tells us when it's time to put a clamp on our curiosity and =
>leave people like JDS in peace.
>
>Yeah., that guy has something JDS--along with a couple dozen postal =
>workers-- probably touched. Personally, I'd rather "have" his ideas =
>and his stories, which he did more than touch--he labored over =
>them. If we subject Salinger to the treatment accorded a Hollywood =
>star, we are lowering his work as well to the level of those =
>mass-culture icons. Salinger is an icon, sure, but of a far, far =
>different kind.
>
>We can appreciate Shakespeare without trying to dig his body up =
>from the grave. It is doubly important to give that kind of respect =
>to Salinger, since he is still alive and his solitude is his =
>choice.
>
>My $.02 worth,
>Bethany
>
I agree completely. Sending something just so he'll touch it?
Sheesh...Leave the poor guy alone. He's a writer -- he isn't God.
~Valerie~
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