Fare Forward: Letters from David Markson

Mar 21 ’03

Dear Laura—

Yes, I remember seeing that piece⁵—someone, maybe Bill Kennedy,⁶ sent it to me (I have no computer) — and if I’d run into the guy [who wrote it], even in my mid-70s I would have punched him in the mouth. Gawd, of all the naïve, self-contradictory horseshit, full of misreadings, meaningless conclusions, incorrect facts — even insults — well, never mind. (Though in fact I’d still like to whack him one.)

Re the Newsday article, only on delayed 2^nd thoughts do I remember chatting with the columnist Dennis Duggan, but don’t recall ever seeing the piece itself. Maybe looking for it under his name would help you?

Otherwise, again, my best.

Ever—

David

5 While researching his work, I’d tracked down numerous reviews and articles online. I’d asked him, here, about one in particular that I’d found to be sloppily written and insulting.

6 William Kennedy, American novelist.