Re: editors

William Hochman (wh14@is9.nyu.edu)
Thu, 26 Aug 1999 12:47:16 -0400 (EDT)

Before you send us on the road Camille, I'm not saying that Hapworth is a
mind dump and that's that...just that what Salinger in l965 wanted to
publish as he wrote it has a force of its own...In addtion to other
aesthetic qualities...I actually like the writers named in the story (for
the most part) and especially think Salinger is getting closer to a poetic
and spritual aesthetic sense in the story....plus, I enjoyed the story as
an inversion of how we value knowledge and educating young folks but don't
have a good sense of play in perspective...anyhow, I'll obviously handle
the tap dancing...will

On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Camille Scaysbrook wrote:

> Will & Scottie (not, as it sounds, an old vaudeville team (: )  wrote:
> > I'm too old to care now so that when it comes
> >     to the next two, there's going to be no damned
> >     compromise with anyone.  I promise you.
> > 
> >     Scottie B.
> >  YES! That's perhaps the same reasoning that makes "Hapworth" worthwhile
> > to some readers...will
> 
> Interesting perspective. So you're saying that the sheer audacity of
> Hapworth is something that would endear it to its intended audience? A
> sense of `Wow, look what Salinger can get away with', even? It seems that
> this is an integral part of many such cult figures - Andy Warhol springs to
> mind.
> 
> Now, about you and Scottie starting up a vaudeville team ... (:
> 
> Camille
> verona_beach@geocities.com
> 
> 
> _________________________________________________________
> 
> Do You Yahoo!?
> 
> Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
>