Re: the "Maynard on Salinger" article
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Sat, 08 Aug 1998 10:19:41 +1000
> Tim, I just called to reserve my copy of the mag but here in colorado,
> that means maybe by friday...nonetheless, from what i've heard pre-pub
and
> gather from your response, the real nugget is that mr. salinger is
writing
> books! Assuming he's not gonna try a kafka, there's new salinger writing
> perhaps even with new Glass family members or more about our loved ones
in
> any case...that is wonderful news!
I thought *everyone* knew this - I remember it as part of the Salinger vs.
Hamilton case, where Salinger was asked whether he still writes he said
`yes' (but not unsurprisingly didn't elaborate) and `close sources'
reported he had at least two full length manuscripts in the kitty. (though
kudos to you if you've managed to avoid that particular book) That think
about the Glass scrapbook is interesting though ... no wonder his kids
think he loves the Glasses more than he loves them. Having ol' JD as a dad
would be a strange experience indeed! I'm curious to know exactly what JD
intends to do with these manuscripts. I'm as pessimistic as anyone as to
their likelihood of publication, but you never know ...
> One thing about the Maynard piece though that I must take issue with even
> before reading it...anyone claiming to have a memory/perception that is
> documentary in acumen creates great doubts in this poet's mind.
Yes, this raises doubts in my mind too - not about her accuracy or lack of
accuracy, but the audacity to even assume such a thing. Although it stirred
in my mind a comparison to a certain `prose home video' offered up by a
certain B. Glass. I wonder if she was making a subconscious reference to
it?
To give you an idea of how big this story is, there was even a short write
up of it in the Sydney Morning Herald today. My mother said `Gee ... I'd
love it if they always published thirty year old pictures of *me* when they
wrote articles about me' (:
Camille
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