Sam on the new Tom Drury, and the old TD

Kael and Woody rap for an hour in 1974 about Sleeper, Mean Streets, The Exorcist, and Thieves Like Us. Lots of talk about audience reactions youtube.com/watch?v=nBLKB-0s…

Good piece on a Rembrandt self portrait

Uncle dropped off dried plums (not prunes) and his first avocado crop. Avos are the smooth skin jobs, hard to peel but taste great.

This new Thomas Mann biopic sounds as cheesy as the Highsmith picture. Will see both of course: Klaus both despises his native country and despairs at the dichotomous paradigm of the postwar world—“Stalin or Mickey Mouse,” he gripes

First I've heard of this

February

Cool they put his girlfriend on the cover

Both good, prefer Lumet's nowadays

Obsessives not the right word, maybe nerds, or bores

Listening to Doors records, if you ignore their debut they're pretty good. Waiting and Soft Parade surprising

Emily Wilson on Troilus and Cressida

Glad this is out in public, via Wyatt Mason. Hope someone once at the mags can tell the full tale

Nonsense

Rooting for William Kennedy and DeLillo. Be funny if DD wins and the committee cites Amazons as the book that made their decision

Ha

When reviewing the Cormac McCarthy biography it's important to avoid unique or insightful comments about his novels--just mention he dug chicks.