BIB_ID
440064
Accession number
MA 23769
Creator
Matthiessen, Peter.
Display Date
Paris, France? 1952?
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 21 x 14 cm and 11.6 x 14 cm
Notes
Because the letter is incomplete, it is not clear who wrote the letter, but based on the contents and the accompanying envelope it seems likely that the writer is Matthiessen.
See also MA 5040, The Paris Review archives, 1952-2003.
See also MA 5040, The Paris Review archives, 1952-2003.
Summary
Writing "[w]e are counting on you for the Fall, to become managing editor of the new magazine, which looks like a looloo"; listing the staff members as George Plimpton, William Pène du Bois, H. L. (Doc) Humes, and himself, "with possible assistance from [William] Styron and John Train"; saying that the first issue will include "a manuscript by E.M. Forster, showing how he arrived at a final draft of a particular passage"; asking Guinzburg what he thinks of the prospect.
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