Johannes
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B. mentions this "parody letter" several times in his corresponcence.
Twice to John William Corrington:
"I'll mail you the Smith. Your name is mentioned in there. it is a parody of me, or whatever you call it. they pretend they have intercepted one of my letters. I write letters. [...] I think you might even call it a fun-piece except the satire is the sharp exaggeration bit, you know, and believe he detests my style and my guts - which is going to happen to all of us at one time, and it is part of the rocks in the shoes."
"thanks for return of The Smith. being attacked by men of no talent is only a bit enjoyable for me, to me."
- Living On Luck, pp. 74-75
And once to Carl Weissner:
"You know, it is amazing the ugly number of people in the lit. world hate me. no, don't send me to headshrinker. no complex. thing in present The Smith. AN INTERCEPTED LETTER FROM CHARLES BUK, something like that. but really the parody does NOT WRITE LIKE I WRITE. impossible. maybe I do write too many letters. maybe I do write too many poems. but it is simply a matter of energizing into the INCOMPLETE ABSOLUTE, you follow? yes, you do. it may be a flowing of shit, and yet within all the turds I feel is some tiny flower. you might have to look pretty hard."
- Screams From The Balcony, p. 292
This seems to be Felix Pollak.
And this is the question:
Does anybody have this parody letter somewhere? And would care to upload it? I would very much like to read it. Thanx.
Twice to John William Corrington:
"I'll mail you the Smith. Your name is mentioned in there. it is a parody of me, or whatever you call it. they pretend they have intercepted one of my letters. I write letters. [...] I think you might even call it a fun-piece except the satire is the sharp exaggeration bit, you know, and believe he detests my style and my guts - which is going to happen to all of us at one time, and it is part of the rocks in the shoes."
"thanks for return of The Smith. being attacked by men of no talent is only a bit enjoyable for me, to me."
- Living On Luck, pp. 74-75
And once to Carl Weissner:
"You know, it is amazing the ugly number of people in the lit. world hate me. no, don't send me to headshrinker. no complex. thing in present The Smith. AN INTERCEPTED LETTER FROM CHARLES BUK, something like that. but really the parody does NOT WRITE LIKE I WRITE. impossible. maybe I do write too many letters. maybe I do write too many poems. but it is simply a matter of energizing into the INCOMPLETE ABSOLUTE, you follow? yes, you do. it may be a flowing of shit, and yet within all the turds I feel is some tiny flower. you might have to look pretty hard."
- Screams From The Balcony, p. 292
This seems to be Felix Pollak.
And this is the question:
Does anybody have this parody letter somewhere? And would care to upload it? I would very much like to read it. Thanx.
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