Comments on: Maria Bustillos: The Wonder of Wallace-L

By: sarah klise

sarah klise — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:06:40 +0000

Ken-

No immediate plans for repub. We shall see what the future brings. Thanks for your interest (and I continue to google TLW too – which is how I found you all.) Added thanks Matt for your kind words. Nice to chat.

By: Ken Morris

Ken Morris — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:53:26 +0000

Sarah: I came across your recent post and am thinking I need to read IJ to see what Ms. Bustillos and others see are the parallels to the Last Western. I am someone who googles your father’s novel every few months, just to see what people are saying/thinking about it. I wrote a thank you to your father back in the early 1980′s after reading the book, and got a very nice note from your mother telling me that he was no longer alive. I’ve communicated a couple of times with your sister Kate, to see whether there was any chance to get your father’s novel republished. She last mentioned a couple of years ago that the family was talking about trying to pursue republication. I know its a tough time for publishers, but has the family made any progress on that front?

By: Marcus Gray

Marcus Gray — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:10:03 +0000

Radiohead really are awful, awful people.

By: Maria Bustillos

Maria Bustillos — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:42:30 +0000

Ha! Thank you, Mr. Wood. You and Bob Wake were mostly before my time, I gather, but I well remember Jeff Boscole … eccentric guy, lot of fun to talk with … I wonder if he ever got a chance to read Ernest Becker.

It’s been so awesome catching up with everybody. Thanks for the comments!!

By: redsock

redsock — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:13:31 +0000

Nice post! I (Allan Wood) also joined in the late 90s (back when Bob Wake and Jeff Boscole (?) were going strong). I know we tried and failed in 2000 to get a IJ read going. I have not posted in a few years though, but still dutifully read ever digest! Also I am not reading IJ now, but hope to do an Infinite Winter read after baseball season.

By: Jededalus

Jededalus — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:32:10 +0000

I love that he signed his letter “yrs. truly”

By: Joan

Joan — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:27:17 +0000

Thank you Maria for this lovely post and for sharing the letters he wrote to you – just wonderful. I will now go and explore Wallace-l. Infinite Summer has been my first real experience with forums/chats/etc., it’s been so great that it’s given me the confidence to go out and explore more. And I’m also going to look for The Last Western and get it on my list to read!

By: mattbucher

mattbucher — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:20:38 +0000

Wow! Allow me to add my praise of your father’s novel. It is a masterpiece. There are many of us on wallace-l and elsewhere who still read The Last Western and discuss it. It is increasingly difficult to find copies of the book and any information online about your father. Thank you for commenting here.

By: mattbucher

mattbucher — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:16:16 +0000

Great article, Maria! Wallace-l has been such a huge part of my life since 1999. It’s worth noting that the list is actually a spin-off of pynchon-l (I have started a fledgling spinoff of bolano-l also) and the first admin of the list was Dan Schmidt. I am sure I am not alone in urging Ms. B – Write That Paper!

By: dave10

dave10 — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:55:48 +0000

Thanks for the encouragement to join wallace-l. I signed up a few weeks ago, but haven’t had a chance to dive in yet.

I’m struck by the way David signed David, which is almost exactly the way I write David when I sign my name. Uncannily so. If that’s fountain pen writing, which it looks like, maybe that’s the reason (I use a FP and find myself getting a bit more flourishy than normal). No matter. I just like the way he wrote back to you. Seems like a nice guy from everything I’ve read, which is all the more reason to maintain his books in high esteem and keep his spirit alive.