Typed letter signed : Ossining, N.Y., to Miss Fishman, [1970?] Apr. 7.

Record ID: 
381719
Accession number: 
MA 5658.6
Author: 
Cheever, John.
Credit: 
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden.
Description: 
1 item (1 p. ) ; 25.1 cm
Summary: 

Declining to answer the questionnaire; saying "I really can't answer your questions because they seem to be combative and I feel very strongly that writing is not a competitive sport. As I see it we're all dependent upon one another -- including the bores and the clowns -- and to start giving out grades -- which is really what you ask -- seems to be mistaken."

Provenance: 
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.