reading Williams

Marc Aramini · 17 Dec 2012, 17:18 · from 2012-December.txt.gz

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From: marcaramini at yahoo.com (Marc Aramini)
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:18:01 -0700
Subject: (urth) reading Williams
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I have about a a decade and a half worth of correspondence with Wolfe but would not feel comfortable taking on a task like that. Biography doesn't interest me as a writer, and much of the last eight years communication has been personal in nature, less about his art.  He strikes me as approachable but private. 
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On Dec 17, 2012, at 10:02 AM, Gwern Branwen <gwern0 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Stephen Case <scase1 at nd.edu> wrote:
>> Also: I'm disappointed the thread a couple weeks ago about the potentiality
>> of a Wolfe biography never went anywhere. Surely someone has something more
>> to say about this than simply how much we'd all love one.
> 
> A biography is hard work: who will fund the years of work for a really
> good one? How would one convince Wolfe to cooperate and that one isn't
> a flake?
> 
> Anyone who needs some emails on a mailing list to motivate them
> probably shouldn't be doing it in the first place.
> 
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