RARA-AVIS: "of course I fired- emptied both guns, I guess"

Jason M Boog (jboog@umich.edu)
Tue, 22 Sep 1998 19:06:47 -0400 (EDT) Dear Group,

My name is Jason Boog, a English majoring senior at the University of
Michigan. I learned to read practically on detective stories, and the very
first stories I ever wrote were about private detectives. I wanted to be a
private dick when I grew up.
Now I still write, poetry mostly, and the private detective hasn't went
away. I dedicated my entire summer to figuring out how contemporary
literary theory responds to private detective novels- with incredibly
fascinating results. I've wrote one paper on the topic, a materialist
examination of John Caroll Daly's first "Three Gun Terry." It was the most
fun I have had in years. I hope to write a thesis about private detectives
and contemporary literary theory. If anyone has advice, wants to talk
about it, show me a paper, tell me some books to read or just talk about
the best hardboiled stories (from Daly to Ross MacDonald, I've sampled
them all.) As a side project, I am trying badly to write a private
detective poem.
I just don't know anyone here with a real interest in private detectives,
and I just want people to talk to about this uncannonized (what do they
know anyways) yet stunning part of literature.
The subject quote was from John Carrol Daly.
Email me whenever, at:
jboog@umich.edu

Your Friend,
Jason Boog

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