Re: the "Maynard on Salinger" article
john v. omlor (omlor@packet.net)
Fri, 07 Aug 1998 19:19:48 -0500
Tim shocks me with his wordly ways and writes:
>Anne Rice has published historical erotica (I think that's what it's been
>labeled) under a pseudonym. I am sure someone here must know the name she
>used; I myself don't remember.
>
The *Beauty* books! Dog that I am, I *love* those things. Rice used the
approprriately faux-French A.N. Roquelaure for those little masterpieces.
Speaking of the Maynard thing (sort of) -- is it just me or is *Vanity
Fair* getting to be even more of a gossippy scandal sheet than ever? In
the last several months they seem to be particularly revelling in the celeb
gossip stuff...
And speaking of the *Beauty* books (sort of) -- a friend recently announced
to me that she is no longer going to read books in the bathroom because it
promotes the spreading of e-coli bacteria and increases the likelihood of
colds. Tell me this is nothing to be worried about -- it would put and end
to many of my most productive reading hours. I don't think I could live
without those precious moments -- many otherwise unfinishable novels have
been conquered thanks to bathroom reading.
Fighting the good fight, I remain,
--John