Sunday, June 18, 2017

Some Content, Part 1

I've been coming across new content and material from all over the interwebs recently about our man Pynchon.

This is a nifty piece written by a Brazilian lady about her experiences reading Gravity's Rainbow (at 13!!), about some of the ins-and-outs of the Brazilian publishing game, translating TP for Brazil, and other interesting historical Pynchonian stuff.

The article's accompanying picture, taken in 1965 and reprinted below, is pretty cool: it shows Pynchon flashing the peace sign from inside a house, while his friend Phyllis Gebauer holds a pig pinata gift she got him:


I'll start putting the other things up here as I collate them.