Re: green hunting hat
Tim O'Connor (tim@roughdraft.org)
Sun, 30 Nov 1997 23:12:13 -0500
> For those who dont know the story, Tooles mother after 11 years of
> effort finally got the book published. Unfortunatly this was 11 years
> after her sons suicide. The book was rejected by publisher after
> publisher but won the Pulitzer, ... go figure.
All the more reason writers who persist need to find their own way of
saying "fuck you" to a world that slams doors in their faces. Of course,
there are thousands of writers who probably *should* hang up their
clipboards and try something else. But if nothing else, the story of Toole
shows that "opting out of life" (as I think Salinger describes Seymour at
one point) is an ... unsound ... option.
--tim o'connor