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in pencil in top margin Roth, Jules April 14, 1980 Dear Jack:

   I am replying to your fine letter of March 22.   I, too, was impressed by the personality and quality of Stephen Wade's performance.  So talented, and so young!  I was surprised (but delighted) that he could dispense with such handsome royalties, especially since he gave credit to maybe six or eight other sources for the stories he told.  Such generous royalties must have set him back, quite a bit.
   Instead of seeing the reviews in the papers about the Jack Conroy Reader, I heard one on "Critic's Choice," WFMT, by Herman Kogan.  He spent the whole half-hour one Sunday, discussing the book and your writings.  I was very gratified to hear it.  The enclosed clipping was sent to me by Gordon Crandall, from the Tribune.  Maybe it is the same review you mention in your letter, as of March 16.
   I am sorry that you do not have occasional book reviews appearing in the Sun-Times.  Or is it because I don't read the Sunday papers any more?   Its too time-consuming, and I have loads of other reading material to attend to.
   Do you have any compensation to look forward to if they Reader finally gets published?  I hope so.
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