Re: Rare Hamilton *First* JDS Bio
Matt Kozusko (mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu)
Thu, 28 Oct 1999 17:09:00 -0500
Bruce:
> Care to say any more re A Writer's Life?
I wish I could remember more. I think Will and I discussed it some
length a long time ago, before the list moved to NYU under Tim. I was
never able to find archives though and, unfortunately, I barely
remember the experience. It was a real metamoment, though, standing
there waiting for Hamilton's book on JDS just as Hamilton had stood
there waiting for JDS's letters so he could write his book on JDS
which, like the letters, ended up as part of the HRC JDS collection.
In fact, that was the moment I discovered poststructuralism.
I seem to recall that Hamilton was less resentful, and yet JDS still
came off as a bigger jerk. The paraphrasing was careful and fair.
Texas boasts some fancy faculty alumni, including the
recently-mentioned Borges. But yes, Rao was before my time; I
enrolled at Texas as an undergrad in 1990, _F&Z_ in one hand and _The
Queen is Dead_ in the other...
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Matt Kozusko mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu