Fare Forward: Letters from David Markson

Feb 14 ’05

Simsy, Simsy—

Re “difficulties”—don’t forget that I’m probably older than your grandparents! Not to add that I’m beset by 3,724 sundry maladies, likewise. But here, now, two weeks and five days off, looks OK. Fret not.⁵⁰

Meantime, what are all these first-person singulars? Corey is coming, no? (Anyhow, I’ve got to see how he manages to tolerate you!)

Hey — until—

David

P.S. Yes, dingbat, I know who Jorie Graham⁵¹ is. But I’ve only known for about 25 years.

50 I continued to fret; sure enough, David eventually cancelled.

51 I had a reading with Graham scheduled for the day David and I were supposed to meet.