Faulkner turned out to be a great teacher. When a student asked a question ineptly, he answered the question with what the student had really wanted to know.
Leslie FiedlerRaymond Carver is good. I think he'll be appreciated more and more. He's an easy writer to imitate.
Leslie FiedlerDeLillo never seems committed to me to what he is writing. Very nice surfaces, but he's got nothing underneath.
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