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madisdadi

run, rabbit, run
January 29, 2009 03:57AM

Registered: 19 years ago
Posts: 916

thanks for all the inspiration
RIP
you're at rest

headin out to the A&P

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erikalbany

Re: run, rabbit, run
January 29, 2009 01:36PM

Registered: 19 years ago
Posts: 2,590

Amen to that. And left behind reams of damn fine criticism too.

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michael baker

Re: run, rabbit, run
January 29, 2009 04:40PM

Registered: 20 years ago
Posts: 919

and i think his greatest legacy will be his criticism and his sensitivity to world lit

that being said: his maple stories are my fave marriage fiction in any lang

and that includes revolutionary road (a GREAT book)

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erikalbany

Re: run, rabbit, run
January 29, 2009 06:24PM

Registered: 19 years ago
Posts: 2,590

It is nice that people are suddenly discovering Richard Yates' book--he risked sinking into obsolescence for many, many years.

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Nile

Re: run, rabbit, run
January 29, 2009 06:46PM

Registered: 17 years ago
Posts: 808

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It is nice that people are suddenly discovering Richard Yates' book--he risked sinking into obsolescence for many, many years.

Obsolescence or obscurity?

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erikalbany

Re: run, rabbit, run
January 30, 2009 01:27AM

Registered: 19 years ago
Posts: 2,590

obsolescence--ie, in his case: out-of-print, unheard of, unread.

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STEVE

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January 30, 2009 01:52AM

Registered: 21 years ago
Posts: 4,048

That's no excuse.

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STEVE

Re: run, rabbit, run
January 29, 2009 08:36PM

Registered: 21 years ago
Posts: 4,048

strange.
i just plucked redux from the hotel lobby shelf last week.
some prof from manchester lancashire & his wife were bicycling through (the entire state!) said that it was for guys with grandkids.