Autograph questionnaire response signed, [1969-1970].

Replying to a questionnaire on American writers and the work they produced within the past five years; citing Norman Mailer is the writer who most reveals himself in his work, whose prose style he admired most, whose work he believes will dominate the 70s (with Pynchon & Barthelme) and whom he believes takes the most risks as a writer; citing Saul Bellow as the writer whose execution of character is strongest and Jack Kerouac as a writer whose work evokes the deepest emotional response; adding an autograph note at the bottom of the questionnaire explaining his decision not to reply to the last 7 questions which relate to literary criticism, saying "These are not the sort of questions which this writer can answer, as less and less does he read critics or critical reviews, or have anything much to do with publishing & reputation-making. To limit this study to fiction by Americans, published in the last five years argues an indifference to what has been happening in literature that will makes its conclusions largely meaningless, in my opinion."