Re: ardor and ordure

--- Matt Kozusko <mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu>
wrote:
>

>
> I bet the majority of people on this list are near
> enough to a library
> that at least has Sat. Eve Post on microfilm. And I
> can't help but
> presume that the better part of the people who have
> emailed me (usually
> cause Will has turned them away) over the past five
> years, their plaintive
> requests ringing with urgency, earnestness, and the
> promise of infinite
> goodwill, have libraries to go along with their .edu
> and .ac.uk addresses.

i agree with much of the above. but i have had one
off-list thank you which would have melted your heart.
 

> I'm not suggesting that with a little hard work,
> anyone could gather all
> 22 stories. But any industrious person driven by
> the old unquenchable
> Salinger passion should be able to track down a good
> chunk of them. ILL
> can handle a couple of requests at a time.

i wonder how much interlibrary loan work public
libraries do these days. i agree a couple at a time
is the right speed anyway. if old salinger stories
mean that much to one, then why not allow the pleasure
to last a longer time.

 
> The larger point here involves consistency. The
> ardor of the typical
> story-seeker never seems to pair with a willingness
> to pursue primary
> resources. ILL and microfilm are dismissed because
> they don't return
> immediate, nicely packaged results.
>
>

i totally agree with the above. there is no sweeter
pleasure than tracking down difficult-to-find literary
materials and finally to have it in your hands.
(though sometimes the idea of it is much better than
the reality . e.g., early salinger stories.)

kim

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Received on Wed Sep 18 17:48:59 2002