Friday, October 10, 2008

Letters to Marilyn


In the 60s and 70s, the gifted writer Marilyn Krysl and I were energetic pen pals. Yesterday the mail brought a shocking, surprise gift from her: all of my letters. (I never saved letters from anyone myself.) A huge number of them. Curious to look at them before sending them on to the library for my archive.

Krysl is funny, fierce, and feminist in the best possible way, and a technician of variety and resourcefulness. I read her short stories with considerable pleasure, surprise, and admiration.

—John Updike

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