"interpolate"

[Jonathan Lighter]

But at least nobody in _Mandingo_ says "interpolate."

JL

On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 8:05 PM, Patty <patty at cruzio.com> wrote:

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> So - I had not been following the other thread, but happened to read this -
> and I too read Mandingo - about that long ago as well, also, hastily - and
> trying to forget it since - quite successfully now that I reflect ;} -- and
> now remembering some general things about it again..the cover  --  arrgh
>
> Patty
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> > Wilson's mention of _Mandingo_ on another thread sent me to GB to refresh
> > my
> > memory of a book I read hastily about forty years ago.  Unfortunately, my
> > memory was refreshed. (Kyle Onstott's theme, to the extent that he had
> > one,
> > was that antebellum slavery was ultimately more revolting all-round than
> > '50s fiction could otherwise imagine.)
> >
> > The bright side, however, was the discovery of a brand-new meaning for
> > "interpolate":
> >
> > 2003 Michael Corris & Robert Hobbs, in Gill Perry, ed. _Difference and
> > Excess in Contemporary Art: The Visibility of Women's Practice_ (Malden,
> > Mass.: Blackwell, 2004) 118: The copy for the back cover...interpolates a
> > readership wishing to view the world in stark contrasts and bold
> > headlines:
> > Expect the savage. The sensual. The shocking. The sad. The powerful. The
> > shameful. ...You may rave about MANDINGO or you may hate it, but you
> won't
> > be able to lay it down, because it is a terrible and wonderful novel!
> >
> > Just what that meaning may be, I leave to others.
> >
> > JL
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> > "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
> > truth."
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