Re: Academic Salinger Conference Presentation

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>After my paper I was fortunate to receive some good audience q's...one
>fellow asked me about the cultural/creative Salinger stuff and used WP
>Kinsella's _Shoeless Joe Jackson_ (the book _Field of Dreams was based on)
>as an example. In a serious, academic tone I noted (gravely) that Kinsella
>had overlooked a critical factor in his book that was unforgiveable.  He
>imagines Salinger to be fan of that mostly minor league team (permited for
>some silly reason to play in the major leagues) called the Boston Red Sox.
>Kinsella should know that any kid growing up in NY was forbidden by
>natural law to root for the Red Sox and the real issue is whether Salinger
>was a Yankee, Dodger or Giant fan...


  You can consider this a formal declaration of war, so far as I am
concerned, Will. The Sox will be going all the way in 99. Count on it!!

           Robert Morris

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