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[[cartoon image of a man at a lectern who is igniting a bomb while speaking]]                 [[in pencil]] Mangione, Jerre
[[on left]]
From Life Sentences for Everybody [[underlined]] 1966
 
GAYLORD CRUMP
GAYLORD CRUMP
 
[[image of man at a podium with lighted match, ready to set
As a youngster
a bomb on fire]]  From [[underline]] Life Sentences for Everybody [[/underline]] (1966)
he got a big bang
As a youngster he got a big bang setting his little brother on fire,
setting his little
as a grownup he got his kicks being a pyromaniac by night and a fire
brother on fire,
insurance salesman by day; later, when he became ambitious to set the
as a grownup he
world on fire, he got himself elected to a seat in Congress, and now he
got his kicks
preaches the gospel of atomic warfare.
being a pyromaniac
  - Jerre Mangione
by night and a
P.S. PEACE!
fire insurance
[[on right]]  [[in pencil]] Mangione, Jerre
salesman by day;
The Virginia Center for the Arts
later, when he
Sweet Briar, Va. 24595
became ambitious
  Feb. 16, 1982
to set the world
Dear Jack: I apologize for the Stationery. It is not suitable to expressing my sorrow -
on fire, he
and Patricia's - over the news of Gladys' death. We had not know about it until last
got himself
week when I had a letter from the professor who is writing a biography of you. Must
elected to a seat
be a terrible blow. One way to ease it, I would hope, it to keep on writing, and Wixson
in Congress,
says that you are doing that.
and now he preaches
   The good news in his letter is that there is now a new edition of [[underline]] The
the gospel of
Disinherited [[/underline]] with an introduction by you. I'd love to see it. What do you
atomic warfare.
say we swap: My first book, [[underline]] Mount Allegro [[/underline]] for yours?
-Jerre Mangione
Instead of an introduction I wrote a new chapter "Finale" for the edition published
 
last year by Columbia University Press, its fifth publisher in 40 years. I see that Laurence
P.S.PEACE!
Hill is still your publisher, and that is good - better than having had to cope with five
 
different publishers (of which L. Hill was one).
[[written letter beside cartoon]]
   Patricia and I have been here at the Virginia Center of the Arts (the Yaddo of the South)
                                                                                                                                      The Virginian Center
for nearly five weeks, and
                                                                                                                                        for the Arts
          Feb. 16, 1982                                                                                                      Sweet Briar, Va.
                                                                                                                                        24595
  Dear Jack: I apologize for
the stationery. It is not
suitable to expressing my
sorrow - and Patricia's - over
the new of Gladys' death. We
had not know about it until
last week when I had a letter
from the professor who is writing
a biography of you. Must be a
terrible blow. One way to ease
it, I would hope, is to keen
on writing, and Wixson says
that you are doing that.
   The good news in his letters is
that there is now a new edition
of The Disinherited[[underlined]] with an introduction
by you. I'd love to see it. What do
you say we swap! My first book ,
Mount Allegro[[underlined]], for yours? Instead of
an introduction I wrote a new
chapter, "Finale" for the edition
published last year by Columbia
University Press, its fifth publisher
in 40 years. I see that Laurence
Hill is still your publisher, and
that is good - better than having had
to cope with five different publishers (of
which L. Hill was one).
   Patricia and I have been here at
the Virginia Center of the Arts (the Yaddo
of the South) for nearly five weeks, and

Latest revision as of 01:19, 29 July 2023

on left GAYLORD CRUMP [[image of man at a podium with lighted match, ready to set a bomb on fire]] From underline Life Sentences for Everybody /underline (1966) As a youngster he got a big bang setting his little brother on fire, as a grownup he got his kicks being a pyromaniac by night and a fire insurance salesman by day; later, when he became ambitious to set the world on fire, he got himself elected to a seat in Congress, and now he preaches the gospel of atomic warfare. 

  - Jerre Mangione

P.S. PEACE! on right in pencil Mangione, Jerre 

The Virginia Center for the Arts

Sweet Briar, Va. 24595 

Feb. 16, 1982

Dear Jack: I apologize for the Stationery. It is not suitable to expressing my sorrow - and Patricia's - over the news of Gladys' death. We had not know about it until last week when I had a letter from the professor who is writing a biography of you. Must be a terrible blow. One way to ease it, I would hope, it to keep on writing, and Wixson says that you are doing that. 

 The good news in his letter is that there is now a new edition of underline The

Disinherited /underline with an introduction by you. I'd love to see it. What do you say we swap: My first book, underline Mount Allegro /underline for yours? Instead of an introduction I wrote a new chapter "Finale" for the edition published last year by Columbia University Press, its fifth publisher in 40 years. I see that Laurence Hill is still your publisher, and that is good - better than having had to cope with five different publishers (of which L. Hill was one). 

 Patricia and I have been here at the Virginia Center of the Arts (the Yaddo of the South)

for nearly five weeks, and

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