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Seymour's spirit pervades the life of all the extant Glasses. As the oldest child, he initiated them into Zen and other mystical religious cults, and guided them in the ways of discovering whatever is inadequate or phony in their fellows. Dead, he became their high priest or Guru: his letters and diary are sacred relics, his poems too holy to submit to the public piece-meal. His legacy of knowledge brings Franny to the verge of insanity, and saves Buddy constantly from despair...
Dartmouth is 0-4 in League competition and lacks the depth to skate with Harvard's three lines. In addition, the Indians have been plagued with defensive lapses all season and coach Eddie Jeremiah's moving of forward Chuck Zen to defense has not completely solved the problem...
David Stacton, 37, is a Nevadan who wears cowboy boots, is fond of both Zen and bourbon, and is as nearly unknown as it is possible for a writer to be who has written, and received critical praise for, 13 novels (all have been published in England, five in the US.). His books, most of which have historical themes, are masses of epigrams marinated in a stinging mixture of metaphysics and blood. Mostly they resemble themselves, but something similar might have been the result if the Due de la Rochefoucauld had written novels with plots suggested by Jack London. Stacton...
...percentage of graduates who have gone on to become college and university teachers, notably in science. Just for variety, Reed also lists such odd alumni as a talented writer who became a convicted stickup artist, a union organizer who went on to translate the Iliad, and the Zen-loving model for one of Novelist Jack Kerouac's chief characters...
...contributors including the editor, very well equipped to cope with like Salinger, who is as committed to ambiguity as Zen. He is, above and beyond all, a technician. His biennial production of stories suggests the care he devotes to his work; the remarkable style he has achieved suggests how completely he has become obsessed with selecting gesture, word, and scene...