(urth) This Craft of Verse: gift idea for Gene Wolfe?

patri10629 at wowway.com patri10629 at wowway.com
Mon May 5 08:23:00 PDT 2008


John,

I have it from the horse's mouth that Gene Wolfe has "never heard of this."

I feel certain he would be most appreciative of such a gift.

Patrick O'leary

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>    1.  This Craft of Verse:  gift idea for Gene Wolfe?
>       (johnfrance at aol.com)

> Hi-
> 
> I was wondering if anyone on this list knows if Gene Wolfe has read 
> "This Craft of Verse (The Charles Elliot Norton Lectures)" which is 
> a transcription of 6 lectures that Jorge Luis Borges gave at Harvard 
> back in 1967-1968?
> 
> Mr. Wolfe has given me a lot of reading pleasure over the years and 
> I wanted to send him something by way of thanks, (in addition to 
> simply buying his books.)?
> 
> The lectures did not come into print until about 2000.? They are 
> remarkable for the range of material Borges referred to in various 
> languages, from memory.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> John France
> 



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