Bananafish Archives, January, 1999: Re: Ranchan and Johnson

Re: Ranchan and Johnson

citycabn@gateway.net

Wed, 06 Jan 1999 08:33:43 -0800

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01BE394F.4521DF80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have never seen the Ranchan book on JDS, nor the Johnson article. = Haven't read lit crit. since my old grad days. I think according to = amazon, the Ranchan is OP. Has anyone read it? Am curious; you know, = the old former professor angle. I don't think, however, one needs = Vedanta as *the* skeleton key to the Glasses. It might prove handy in = certain instances,but part of JDS's accomplishment as a writer, I feel, = is a creation that allows readers of different sensibilities and ages to = enter his *casino proper*. Once inside, what happens depends alot on = the individual. He most emphatically is not a mere *apostle of = adolesence*, though I must confess the alliteration is somewhat = winsome. Didn't see anything in the U.S. media about JDS's 80th, though = could have missed it. The last flareup of course was around the Joyce = M. thing; in Oct? Think I saw a photo of JDS and his current wife in = Newsweek(?) around then. An aside: *my* favorite photo is the one of = him walking by the fence in what appears to be his bathrobe. (Though = Sonny's , as described in her/his (sorry, not sure) website is the = right one.) Think it first appeared in the Life article done when F&Z = was published. I haven't read the Bananfish archives in full, just = skipped around a bit in Dec. 98, so I might be bringing up very old = news. Joyce M. lives near here, just north of the Golden Gate Bridge. = She gets a lot of space in the S.F. Chronicle, the local newspaper. = Even did a huge article with pics on her move from NH to Marin County. = Very expensive real estate there; imagine the memoir is helping. Doubt = though movie rights are in the offing. Thanks, Camille, for your = welcome. =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01BE394F.4521DF80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN">

I have never seen the Ranchan book = on JDS, nor=20 the Johnson article. Haven't read lit crit. since my old grad = days. =20 I think according to amazon, the Ranchan is OP. Has anyone read = it? =20 Am curious; you know, the old former professor angle. I don't = think,=20 however, one needs Vedanta as *the* skeleton key to the Glasses. = It might=20 prove handy in certain instances,but part of JDS's accomplishment as a = writer, I=20 feel, is a creation that allows readers of different sensibilities and = ages to=20 enter his *casino proper*. Once inside, what happens depends alot = on the=20 individual. He most emphatically is not a mere *apostle of = adolesence*,=20 though I must confess the alliteration is somewhat winsome. = Didn't=20 see anything in the U.S. media about JDS's 80th, though could have = missed=20 it. The last flareup of course was around the Joyce M. thing; in=20 Oct? Think I saw a photo of JDS and his current wife in = Newsweek(?) around=20 then. An aside: *my* favorite photo is the one of him = walking=20 by the fence in what appears to be his bathrobe. (Though Sonny's , as = described=20 in her/his (sorry, not sure) website is the right one.) = Think it=20 first appeared in the Life article done when F&Z was published. = I haven't read the Bananfish archives in full, = just skipped=20 around a bit in Dec. 98, so I might be bringing up very old news. =20 Joyce M. lives near here, just north of the Golden Gate = Bridge. She=20 gets a lot of space in the S.F. Chronicle, the local newspaper. = Even did a=20 huge article with pics on her move from NH to Marin County. Very = expensive=20 real estate there; imagine the memoir is helping. Doubt though = movie=20 rights are in the offing. Thanks, Camille, for your welcome. =