Re: Sunday Times article

Florie Sommers (writeflorie@hotmail.com)
Wed, 24 Mar 1999 08:51:43 -0800 (PST)

Jim,

But what if its weak. Every writer writes weak work sometimes. What it 
it changes the way you feel about Salinger? I don't necessarily believe 
this view, I'm just being a devil's advocate because you know I would be 
running out to buy a copy of anything released. Its just my worry that 
my feels about him would change if I was disappointed.

Florie  


>From: blah b b blah <jrovira@juno.com>
>Reply-To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
>To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
>Subject: Re: Sunday Times article
>Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 16:49:12 -0500 (EST)
>
>Actually, the book review I read of Hapworth kinda asked the same
>question you did about the potential value of Salinger's "hidden"
>work...judging from the direction he took in Hapworth.
>
>What the heck, even if it's crap I want to read it :)
>
>Jim
>
>"The written word is a power of such magnitude that only pedants would
>try to reduce it to rules.  Or the French."
>
>--F.K.
>
>On Tue, 23 Mar 1999 07:49:17 -0800 (PST) Florie Sommers
><writeflorie@hotmail.com> writes:
>>Dickinson also wanted her work burned when she died. Actually none of 
>>her stuff was published during her life time, it all came after she 
>>was 
>>gone thats why none of her poems are named. I worry though that 
>>Salinger 
>>is just smart enough to burn it before he dies. I want nothing more 
>>than 
>>to see all his hidden work published for everyone to love but I don't 
>>think it will ever happen. Firstly, because of my above stated reason 
>>and secondly because the people around him protect him to such a 
>>degree 
>>that I can see them betraying him even after his death. 
>>
>>I also worry that his recluse writing will be disappointing. Because 
>>we 
>>have such a wonderful little group of work we figure that all his work 
>>
>>is wonderful. I'm sure that there is stuff there that he wouldn't  
>>have 
>>published even during his publishing years. I worry that if it is all 
>>released we will be flooded with work that is not his choosing and not 
>>
>>his best work. 
>>
>>In a blue sky world I would love for him to choose the work that he 
>>sees 
>>fit for publication after his death and lock away the remainder. No 
>>matter how much we love him there is no way that all the writing he 
>>has 
>>done since he took off is as good as the work we already have.
>>
>>What do you all think?
>>
>>Florie   
>>
>>
>>>From: Camille Scaysbrook <verona_beach@geocities.com>
>>>Reply-To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
>>>To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
>>>Subject: Re: Sunday Times article
>>>Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 16:20:01 +1100
>>>
>>>bob pigeon wrote:
>>>> if he destroyed them that would be so ridiculous
>>>> kafka's dying wish was that they'd burn all his books something 
>>like 
>>that
>>>> and instead his friend published them
>>>> hahaha
>>>
>>>This has happened to a lot of writers. My thought on the matter is - 
>>if
>>>they didn't burn them themselves then possibly they didn't *really* 
>>want
>>>them burnt at all. This is certainly the case with Katherine 
>>Mansfield, 
>>who
>>>requested that her remaining writings go this way - then her husband 
>>spent
>>>the next 30 years or so getting rich off them.
>>>
>>>Still ... we have the stories and that's the main thing.
>>>
>>>Camille
>>>verona_beach@geocities.com
>>>@ THE ARTS HOLE http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442
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>>>
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