Donderdagochtend, 20 graden, nauwelijks wind. Gouden dag. Computer mee en een uur in het Amsterdamse Bos zitten werken – (goed concentreren).
U
U is for Updike? No. I have never liked the work of Updike. Actually, I have never managed to finish one novel by him.
T
T is for Mark Twain. Or T is for Henry David Thoreau. I can’t decide.
S
S is for … I don’t know. John Steinbeck, Gertrude Stein, Jacques Servin, Rebecca Solnit, Gilbert Sorrentino?
R
R is for Ishmael Reed. For his crazy and funny novels.
Q
Should I pass on Q? I’m afraid so.
P
P is for Thomas Pynchon. Pynchon before Old Ez, Ezra Pound, and before Edgar Allan Poe. Gravity’s Rainbow: my favorite novel of all times.
O
O is for Charles Olson. He might have been a scatterbrain, poetically his vision coheres.



