Hello everyone,

 

Now, as April returns with its sweet showers (still rather piercing here in the Northeast U.S.), I too have returned to give my valiant co-editor, Stephen Blackwell, a well-deserved rest.

 

I'd like to take this occasion to remind everyone of our NABOKV-L editorial policy, accessible through the link on every posting.  We welcome messages that are:

 

- Clearly related to the study of Vladimir Nabokov;

 

- Free of comments which might be construed as a personal attack on someone else;

 

- Substantive, not merely brief rhetorical flourishes or bon mots

 

I also want to make another request, one which has not yet crystallized into a additional facet of our official editorial policy.

We encourage subscribers to:

 

- Resist the urge to reply to every NABOKOV-L post, one after another, as soon as each is received (if possible, please read through the batch of recent postings and then respond)

 

- Refrain from posting more than once or twice a day (so that conversation among hundreds of subscribers won't be dominated by only a few voices, and so that the volume of posts won't become more than your editors-with-demanding-day jobs can handle)

 

Thanks for your wonderful patience, generosity, and thoughtfulness as you help keep our conversation going!

 

Susan Elizabeth Sweeney (henceforth, again, SES)

Co-Editor, Vladimir Nabokov Electronic Forum