Subject: Re: Alexander's Salinger Biography
From: Louise Z. Brooks (invertedforest@angelfire.com)
Date: Sun Feb 27 2000 - 19:46:19 EST
I wouldn't say so. From what I understand, Salinger was simply sick of having his manuscripts knocked back and changed out of recognisable shape by the editors (the extent of which we are only just beginning to learn). I think something like Hapworth more than ably illustrates that the format of the magazine story was something that JDS had grown out of long, long before, anyway. Who could blame the editors of the New Yorker? I'd be damn afraid of publishing a manuscript which in places actively repels interpretation myself. Who could blame Salinger? It'd be like personally sending a copy of Patti Smith's `Horses' to every person around the world who bought a Celine Dion album last year.
--- Louise Z. Brooks "Invention my dear friends is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation and 2% butterscotch ripple." - Willy Wonka>One thing that always puzzled me re JDS's stance re publishing was that it >seemed directed at BOOK publishers. Couldn't he have gone on like he did in >the 1950's and publish directly and only in the pages of Shawn's New Yorker >and never bother to turn them into books? Or was _Hapworth_ the "last >favor" so to speak??? > >--Bruce > >PS: If you're interested, I did a fairly longish post on the bio back on >Sept 16, 1999 ("The New JDS Biography") (in the Archives under "citycabn"). > > >- >* Unsubscribing? Mail majordomo@roughdraft.org with the message >* UNSUBSCRIBE BANANAFISH >
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