Re: SAMLA I AMLA

Tim O'Connor (oconnort@nyu.edu)
Thu, 12 Nov 1998 16:28:31 -0500

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