Re: Hapworth?

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I may be one of the few who like this story but I do...it tells a lot
about Seymour and in my reading, combines god-seeking and writing in some
very powerful ways  "If you have the stomach to read this letter dear God,
be assured I am meaning what I say!" writes seven year old Seymour while
he worries about sentence construction....and the killer is when Seymour
remarks that his friendly librarian is concerned that his God seeking
willl upset the "applecart of his poetry."

I recommend you get yourself a booster rocket of reading Blake and trying
to get into Hapworth's orbit...I have read it half a dozen times and it
does get better IMHO.  No, it's not as easy to enjoy as almost any of the
other later published stories but it's worthile reading at some point for
folks still curious about the glass family. will

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