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Friday, December 07, 2018
Book Launch
Jim's latest book was launched in New York yesterday.
From a colleague of Jim's who lives in NYC and who attended the event. Brackets are mine.
"Jim (Spisak) was an engaging master of ceremonies and he mentioned to everyone that he wished you could have been with us.
I had a nice talk with Piero (Laura Huxley's nephew) and with Tessa and Trev (Huxley's grandchildren). One of the interesting things discussed was that the letters do not just entail psychedelics but a wide range of topics which had not crossed my mind but should have."
It would have been very interesting to meet Piero, Tessa, and Trev but we didn't want to get caught in a snow storm which is very likely at this time of year. Jim has been in contact with them all over the years. I have wonderful memories of our trips to NYC which is an absolutely amazing place and the people are equally wonderful. I also rather wanted to leave my memories as they are.
I have also felt that way about the south of France but we have pretty much decided to go to the Huxley conference at the University of Toulon (where Jim taught for three winters) in April, 2020. There will be a side conference in Bandol focussing on Huxley's time there (well, he actually wrote Brave New World in Sanary which is only a few miles away). Katherine Mansfield lived in Bandol so there will be a focus on her too. Just to remind you, Jim, you still owe me a reading of "The Daughers of the Late Colonel":) That's another story...
Kathleen Mansfield Murry (née Beauchamp; 14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923) was a prominent New Zealand modernist short story writer who was born and brought up in colonial New Zealand and wrote under the pen name of Katherine Mansfield. At 19, Mansfield left New Zealand and settled in England, where she became a friend of writers such as D.H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. In 1917, she was diagnosed with extra pulmonary tuberculosis, which led to her death at age 34.
And we may go to Italy again as part of the trip. As usual, Jim has various schemes up his sleeve...
Cool book jacket, eh? It matches my Mondrian table perfectly!
