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VN's on-line editors & "Torpid Smoke"
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EDITOR's NOTE. Paul Maliszewski had a very fine essay cum pictures on the
jacket illustrations of Nabokov paperbacks in McSweeneys a year or so ago.
"---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 12:45:22 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Paul L. Maliszewski <plmalisz@mailbox.syr.edu>
>
>
> On www.mcsweeneys.net today there's a short humorous piece by Mike Sacks,
> a writer who recently submitted VN's story "Torpid Smoke" to the scrutiny
> of a team of on-line editors, people who critique writing for money.
>
> I thought you and the Nabokov-l readers might find the sad results of the
> experiment good for a chuckle.
>
>
> Paul
jacket illustrations of Nabokov paperbacks in McSweeneys a year or so ago.
"---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 12:45:22 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Paul L. Maliszewski <plmalisz@mailbox.syr.edu>
>
>
> On www.mcsweeneys.net today there's a short humorous piece by Mike Sacks,
> a writer who recently submitted VN's story "Torpid Smoke" to the scrutiny
> of a team of on-line editors, people who critique writing for money.
>
> I thought you and the Nabokov-l readers might find the sad results of the
> experiment good for a chuckle.
>
>
> Paul