The only
Thomas Pynchon
reading
you may ever hear
§
CNN’s film
of Pynchon
walking down the street
i n
s l o w m o
(Winner:
Creepiest Analysis Award)
§
On finding a letter
by Pynchon
in the Library of Congress
(What is Elmer Fudd
doing in
Against the Day?)
§
The New York Times
weighs in
on the anniversary
of Howl
§
The Nation
arguing for
”the last antiwar poem”
prefers
”Wichita Vortex Sutra”
(it is a better poem,
but that’s not the point)
(the online version here
totally screws with
spacing & linebreaks)
§
Philip Glass’ setting
for
”Wichita Vortex Sutra”
§
On the
“Downtown”
literary scene
1972-92
(Note the use of Ginsberg
as a Times photographer)
§
Alan Ansen has died,
a curious link
between Auden & the Beats
§
Reading not much of anything
in
