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in pencil Mangione, Jerre Dear Jack: It's good to hear from you. I'm glad to hear that The Jack Conroy Reader is finally seeing the light of print. Good luck with it. Many thanks for asking the publisher to send me a copy. Whether or not it is financially okay, it is a fine tribute to your life as a writer. Sorry to hear that Gladys has not been doing well. Please wish her well for us. I've done very little writing lately - partly because my experience with Putnam's was so devastating And also because I've been directing for the past year the newly launched Italian Studies Center at Penn. Procrastination, really. Patricia joins me in wishing you and your family the best of everything. Augur - Jerre 12/19/79 in blue ink: MANGIONE