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ANOTHER PROPERTY
SALINGER, Jerome David. Typed letter signed ("J.D.S."), to Mr. Stevens, 21 October 1962. One page, 4to, on yellow paper.
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SALINGER, Jerome David. Typed letter signed ("J.D.S."), to Mr. Stevens, 21 October 1962. One page, 4to, on yellow paper.
"YOU NEED A NEW TYPEWRITER RIBBON." An "off-putting" letter to a would-be writer with a defective typewriter. Young Mr. Stevens wrote the reclusive author to ask him about his writing techniques and his literary philosophy. Salinger is dismissive--and just barely courteous--in reply. "I must tell you first, offputtingly or no, that I am at best a one-shot letter writer, these days. Along with that, I really never have anything to say when I'm done writing fiction at the end of the day." He does, however, have one thought, "entirely 'materialistic,' I'm afraid. You need a new typewriter ribbon. Get one or don't get one, but unless you make an effort to deal with things as unabstractly as that, you're stewing quite unnecessarily. You've decided that Things are what matter to people. Of course...For me, before anything else, you're a young man who needs a new typewriter ribbon..."
"YOU NEED A NEW TYPEWRITER RIBBON." An "off-putting" letter to a would-be writer with a defective typewriter. Young Mr. Stevens wrote the reclusive author to ask him about his writing techniques and his literary philosophy. Salinger is dismissive--and just barely courteous--in reply. "I must tell you first, offputtingly or no, that I am at best a one-shot letter writer, these days. Along with that, I really never have anything to say when I'm done writing fiction at the end of the day." He does, however, have one thought, "entirely 'materialistic,' I'm afraid. You need a new typewriter ribbon. Get one or don't get one, but unless you make an effort to deal with things as unabstractly as that, you're stewing quite unnecessarily. You've decided that Things are what matter to people. Of course...For me, before anything else, you're a young man who needs a new typewriter ribbon..."