Subject: Nabokov of the Ozarks
From: Brian Walter <[email-masked]>
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 17:42:23 -0500

The Spring 2002 issue of THE SOUTHERN QUARTERLY is devoted to the work 
of fellow NABOKV-L subscriber Donald Harington, and it’s a treat for 
fans and newcomers alike.  Long-time NABOKV-L subscribers will remember 
Harington both for his (sometimes contentious) dialogue with David 
Slavitt published on the list several years ago and as the author of the 
ingeniously layered 1993 novel EKATERINA, which Clarence Brown (if I’m 
remembering correctly) reviewed enthusiastically for the forum.  
(Several chapters of EKATERINA, by the way, are still excerpted on Jeff 
Edmunds’s ZEMBLA).

The special issue provides a welcome overview of Harington’s career.  In 
addition to reprinting the first chapter of his just-released novel 
THIRTEEN ALBATROSSES, or FALLING OFF THE MOUNTAIN, the issue features 
selections from Harington’s funny and revealing correspondence with 
William Styron, interviews by Larry Vonalt and Gene Hyde, appreciations 
by Lee Smith, Jack Butler, and Jill McCorkle, and articles by Fred 
Chappell, Larry Vonalt, and Linda Hughes.  Also included is my article 
on Harington’s 1998 novel WHEN ANGELS REST; the article concludes with a 
consideration of important links between Harington’s and Nabokov’s 
aesthetic.

Next time you’re in your library, look it up.

Brian Walter