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I'm putting Pynchon on the list. I feel like I'm gonna regret it.

Steven Wright was/is a genius. He should have written a novel.

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Read Inherent Vice! I would totally read a Steven Wright novel or memoir or anything.

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I read Gravity’s Rainbow and The Crying of Lot 49, years ago. I remember laughing a few times but with the uncertain laugh of someone who is swimming out out of her depth. Mason & Dixon has been sitting on my shelf for years. I am completely intimidated. You’ve convinced me to re-enter the world of Pynchon. And Stephen Wright is, as Jimmy Doom says, a genius.

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I think you would've been a great computer scientist! But perhaps being a renowned rock biographer is more glamorous --

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I think my inability to perform basic algebra would be a liability as a computer scientist and NEVER comes up while writing rock bios!

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I'm not familiar with the "Le mythe de Rimbaud" I'll have to check it out!

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