![]() The guy who plows my driveway went to Yale. I actually have given away several copies of Paradise by Donald Barthelme, but there seem to be a lot more where those came from.Ĭonnecticut is a great place to buy books. My wife catches me all the time buying books she knows I already have. ![]() The only one I don't have a bunch of is No Poems, one of my favorite titles. I must have about ten Chips Off the Old Benchley, and a surprising number of After 1903-What?. I have a tough time passing up a Robert Benchley book in decent condition. I have six hardback copies of Andy Warhol's A, and seven of the 1933 limited edition of Wyndham Lewis's The Apes of God, including the one that used to belong to his friend Roy Campbell (I admit I used to wonder if I could corner the market). ![]() Certain books I can't help buying if the price is right, or if they are a first edition or in good shape. ![]() The entrance to our loft is in a room that's a combination dining room and library, and sometimes when people walk in they ask, "Wow, have you read all these?" Sometimes I tell the truth and say, "No, I've read most of them," but at others I can't help myself and say, "Yup."Īctually I have a lot of duplicates. I have about 300 feet of bookshelves at home and about the same in my rural hideaway, and still I've got stacks on the windowsills and stacks on the floors and bos in the basement and a pile next to the bed. ![]()
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