Jay, of course Forrest Read would deserve to be discussed. No doubt. But you wd agree with me, wdn't you, that his last book, the "'76", couldn't or, rather, shouldn't be a topic for SERIOUS discussion but rather was a kind of tragic joke. I still do not understand what led this great Pound scholar to write such a strange and in large parts - please excuse these words - ridiculous and speculative work. But fortunately there is MUCH else left to talk about when talkiing about Forrest Read. alex _________________________________________________________________________ Alexander Schmitz - P.O. Box 122, D-21636 Horneburg, Germany Tel.: 0049-4163-7565, Fax: ...-7549; Mobile: 0177-5128767