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Subject: Fw: The Nabokov-Wilson Letters Parody
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From: Corinne Scheiner <cscheiner@ColoradoCollege.edu>
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Neal Pollack is an old friend of mine and I can confirm Galya's
suspicions that "Interlude: The Pollack-Wilson Letters," is indeed a
parody of _The
Nabokov-Wilson Letters_.
For anyone who is interested in reading the review from the NYTBR, it
is
available at: http://nealpollack.com/ or
http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/03/11/reviews/010311.11shafert.html
For those Nabokovians who, like myself, live in Colorado, Neal will be
in
around early next week promoting his book:
Monday, March 19 in DENVER, CO
7:30 pm
Tattered Cover,
Cherry Creek Store
2955 E 1st Ave
With Lawrence Krauser
Wednesday, March 21 in BOULDER, CO
7:30 PM
Boulder Bookstore
1107 Pearl St.
It is sure to be an amusing event.
Corinne Scheiner
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> Corinne Scheiner
> Maytag Assistant Professor
> Comparative Literature
> The Colorado College
> 14 East Cache La Poudre Street
> Colorado Springs, CO 80903
> 719/389-6238 tel
> 719/389-6179 fax
> cscheiner@coloradocollege.edu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Galya Diment [mailto:galya@u.washington.edu]
> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 1:51 PM
> To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> Subject: The Nabokov-Wilson Letters Parody
>
>
> In today's NYTBR a review of _The Neal Pollack Anthology of American
> Literature_ (by Neal Pollack; tongue-in-cheek Anthology by a fictional
> Neil Pollack who considers himself the greatest American author) the
> reviewer mentions what appears to be Pollack's parody of the NWL:
>
> In "Interlude: The Pollack-Wilson Letters," Edmund Wilson concedes that
> Pollack is his better. "Your life of Tocqueville is remarkable, as is
your
> recent trilogy of short novels about Cambodia," the ailing dean of
> American literature writes, confiding in a letter that begins "Dearest
> Nealster" that his last book will be about Pollack "and the friendship
> that we have shared" (7).
>
> The reviewer (Jack Shafer) never mentions the NWL but I suspect that was,
> indeed, Pollack's "model." The real Pollack is a young writer who does
not
> have a long list of publications. _The Anthology_ sounds like an amusing
> book and costs merely $16.
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> ^ Galya Diment ^
> ^ Professor and Acting Chair ^
> ^ Slavic Languages and Literatures ^
> ^ University of Washington ^
> ^ Box 353580 ^
> ^ Seattle, WA 98195-3580 ^
> ^ Ph. 206-543-7344/206-543-6848 ^
> ^ Fax: 206-543-6009/206-522-1959 ^
> ^ ^
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Subject: Fw: The Nabokov-Wilson Letters Parody
----------
From: Corinne Scheiner <cscheiner@ColoradoCollege.edu>
------------------
Neal Pollack is an old friend of mine and I can confirm Galya's
suspicions that "Interlude: The Pollack-Wilson Letters," is indeed a
parody of _The
Nabokov-Wilson Letters_.
For anyone who is interested in reading the review from the NYTBR, it
is
available at: http://nealpollack.com/ or
http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/03/11/reviews/010311.11shafert.html
For those Nabokovians who, like myself, live in Colorado, Neal will be
in
around early next week promoting his book:
Monday, March 19 in DENVER, CO
7:30 pm
Tattered Cover,
Cherry Creek Store
2955 E 1st Ave
With Lawrence Krauser
Wednesday, March 21 in BOULDER, CO
7:30 PM
Boulder Bookstore
1107 Pearl St.
It is sure to be an amusing event.
Corinne Scheiner
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> Corinne Scheiner
> Maytag Assistant Professor
> Comparative Literature
> The Colorado College
> 14 East Cache La Poudre Street
> Colorado Springs, CO 80903
> 719/389-6238 tel
> 719/389-6179 fax
> cscheiner@coloradocollege.edu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Galya Diment [mailto:galya@u.washington.edu]
> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 1:51 PM
> To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> Subject: The Nabokov-Wilson Letters Parody
>
>
> In today's NYTBR a review of _The Neal Pollack Anthology of American
> Literature_ (by Neal Pollack; tongue-in-cheek Anthology by a fictional
> Neil Pollack who considers himself the greatest American author) the
> reviewer mentions what appears to be Pollack's parody of the NWL:
>
> In "Interlude: The Pollack-Wilson Letters," Edmund Wilson concedes that
> Pollack is his better. "Your life of Tocqueville is remarkable, as is
your
> recent trilogy of short novels about Cambodia," the ailing dean of
> American literature writes, confiding in a letter that begins "Dearest
> Nealster" that his last book will be about Pollack "and the friendship
> that we have shared" (7).
>
> The reviewer (Jack Shafer) never mentions the NWL but I suspect that was,
> indeed, Pollack's "model." The real Pollack is a young writer who does
not
> have a long list of publications. _The Anthology_ sounds like an amusing
> book and costs merely $16.
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> ^ Galya Diment ^
> ^ Professor and Acting Chair ^
> ^ Slavic Languages and Literatures ^
> ^ University of Washington ^
> ^ Box 353580 ^
> ^ Seattle, WA 98195-3580 ^
> ^ Ph. 206-543-7344/206-543-6848 ^
> ^ Fax: 206-543-6009/206-522-1959 ^
> ^ ^
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^