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The success of the book—or what looks like a success—and the fuss my lectures have been kicking up all over the place, have made me excited and tense—But the yin of this yang is a new level of consciousness—almost a new birth, with a fermentation being prepared in another recess of my mind. I’m getting ideas again, ''hermano''—and, as you predicted, dangerous ideas. | The success of the book—or what looks like a success—and the fuss my lectures have been kicking up all over the place, have made me excited and tense—But the yin of this yang is a new level of consciousness—almost a new birth, with a fermentation being prepared in another recess of my mind. I’m getting ideas again, ''hermano''—and, as you predicted, dangerous ideas. | ||
How perceptive you are! What genius (I ''mean'' it) lies in your intuition of my growth (?) from psychopathy to sainthood, badness to goodness, dishonesty to truth! The whole story, which I must now resolve to tell you some day, will confirm you down to the very misspellings of the words you used. I’m going to try to call you again tonight, comrade—because I’m tired of writing letters these days and because I need the more direct contact. Also, I have to come up to New York for a few hours next week to talk to the moguls who are planning to do an ''Omnibus''{{refn|''Omnibus'' was an educational discussion program, hosted by Alistair Cooke, on network television from 1952-1961.}} dramatization of the ''J. P. Couch''{{refn|A reference to ''The Jet-Propelled Couch'', Lindner’s 1955 collection.}} | How perceptive you are! What genius (I ''mean'' it) lies in your intuition of my growth (?) from psychopathy to sainthood, badness to goodness, dishonesty to truth! The whole story, which I must now resolve to tell you some day, will confirm you down to the very misspellings of the words you used. I’m going to try to call you again tonight, comrade—because I’m tired of writing letters these days and because I need the more direct contact. Also, I have to come up to New York for a few hours next week to talk to the moguls who are planning to do an ''Omnibus''{{refn|''Omnibus'' was an educational discussion program, hosted by Alistair Cooke, on network television from 1952-1961.}} dramatization of the ''J. P. Couch''{{refn|A reference to ''The Jet-Propelled Couch'', Lindner’s 1955 collection.}}—which means a few hours we can tear up together. Meanwhile, pal, go ''go'', Go… | ||
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