Re: C-Span

Ted Atkinson (tbatkinson@WORLDNET.ATT.NET)
Wed, 22 Jan 1997 23:13:24 +0000

At 05:52 AM 1/22/97 +0000, you wrote:
>Did everyone get a chance to see Shelby Foote interviewed on C-Span about the
>letters last night--a wonderful interview very very moving--try and get a
>tape of it if you can.
>

It was moving in spite of Lamb. I could not believe he asked Foote about
borrowing money from Percy--one of the worst affronts imaginable to a
Southerner, especially one of Foote's era. At one point, I got the distinct
impression that Lamb thought that Dickens was still alive. And those
questions about Proust! Lamb did everything but ask Foote if he were a
tree, what sort of tree would he be. Mercy.

Ted