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Lipton’s Journal/Correspondence of Robert Lindner and Norman Mailer/January 27, 1955: Difference between revisions
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I tried to call you last night but you were out—or perhaps (I can see you) reclining with your feet up in that wonderful chair while that gadget of yours poured out the music. Wish I’d been with you. | |||
What I wanted to tell you was that I’m glad about the Putnam thing. I want to see ''[[The Deer Park]]'' behind you. As you so correctly saw—long ago—it was a phase, a necessary step in your development. It now needs to be solidified in print—(which is really the way an artist buries, successively, each of his selves), then mourned (the critical and public reception), finally forgotten by being absorbed. Now that this is well on its way, you’re free to grow a new self. | What I wanted to tell you was that I’m glad about the Putnam thing. I want to see ''[[The Deer Park]]'' behind you. As you so correctly saw—long ago—it was a phase, a necessary step in your development. It now needs to be solidified in print—(which is really the way an artist buries, successively, each of his selves), then mourned (the critical and public reception), finally forgotten by being absorbed. Now that this is well on its way, you’re free to grow a new self. | ||