On Thu, Nov 12, 1998 at 02:28:17PM -0600, mepierce wrote: > i just finished the book and I want to know if others have read it too > (i am new, so if this matter has been addressed, please forgive, and > refer me to the archives). > > has the subject of maynard been tabooed for on line discussion? No taboo -- not a lot of interest, and some sense of disinterest or disdain. There's some in the archives, but nothing precludes raising it again. There's a funny parody of it in this or last week's NYer, called "Emily Dickinson, Jerk of Amherst," in which the narrator tells a Joyce-like tale of sucking up to Emily only to find that Emily was only interested in swilling malt liquor and spitting tobacco at people. It was quite amusing. --tim