also:
A wretched Hatchet Job by the likes
of the New York Times
where within the review you will find:
"He (Bradbury) had an unusual habit, one I’ve never encountered to this extent, of mailing innocent civilians copies of his stories, plays and books. Rule No. 1 of literary life is to not give people copies of your stuff, unless specifically requested. Because a book is not just a book but an obligation."
So imagine Walt Whitman never sending Ralph Waldo Emerson
unsolicited Leaves of Grass. Never mind my own half-century of
sending Longhouse in the thousands to the poor "innocents"
and vice-versa gladly in return
now obligated to do what? — read, share, enjoy, pass along.
Feel sorry for this reviewer who receives most everything free
from the publishing gin mill, and the majority, if not all,
is from the mainstream.
[BA ]
Simon & Schuster, 2023
