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I'm glad to see that, bobbi, I think you'll find a lot in him. The quote is very characteristic. On 15 December 2011 15:42, bobbi lurie <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > David, > > I thank you because I never heard of him. This hit me: > > “I find myself wondering what it is that looks out through my eyeholes, > and I really don’t know. It’s this strangeness that I’m always pursuing in > my writing, and it’s this sorrow in each of us that I’m trying to get to > and depict as accurately as I can.” > > Reading the above quote, I know I must seek him out (anyone who can write > that), thanks to you. > > > bobbi > > > > On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 3:47 AM, David Bircumshaw < > [log in to unmask] > > wrote: > > > Thanks, bobbi. I was fond of his books, particularly (of course) Riddley > > Walker. He had more poetry and imagination in him than all too many > poets. > > > > On 15 December 2011 00:49, bobbi lurie <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > thank you for sending this. > > > > > > bobbi > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 3:47 PM, David Bircumshaw < > > > [log in to unmask] > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > it does not seem to be a very healthy time for either British or > > > > British-based writers of distinction. Russell Hoban, the American > > > long-term > > > > Londoner, a novelist who could equal a poet, elegantly remembered in > > the > > > > Telegraph: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/8957087/Russell-Hoban-dedicated-to-strangeness.html > > > > -- > > > > David Joseph Bircumshaw > > > > "The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the > universe > > > is > > > > that none of it has tried to contact us." > > > > - Calvin & Hobbes > > > > Website and A Chide's Alphabet > > > > http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk > > > > The Animal Subsides > http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html > > > > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw > > > > twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave > > > > blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > David Joseph Bircumshaw > > "The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe > is > > that none of it has tried to contact us." > > - Calvin & Hobbes > > Website and A Chide's Alphabet > > http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk > > The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html > > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw > > twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave > > blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/ > > > -- David Joseph Bircumshaw "The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." - Calvin & Hobbes Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/