Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 01:26:04 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Re: MB: Images of Blanchot


I am also a bit offended by this recent fixation with the visage of MB, 
mechanically reproduced. I understand proximity as the avowal to never 
meet, esp not to do lunch.

On Wed, 15 Feb 1995, Pierre Joris wrote:

> BTW, the two photos w/ Blanchot & Levinas mentioned here can also be
> found in the Cahiers De L'Herne dedicated to Levinas.
> 
> But why all the fuss? MB has always wanted the privacy of his person
> guarded. What he was public about was literature, books. Jabes told me
> how after MB had written the masrvelous pieces that got EJ's BOOK OF
> QUESTIONS noticed, & after they had several long and pleasant phone
> conversations, how Jabes then sugested they should get together for
> coffee or lunch -- & how MB found this inconceivable, there was he
> said, no point or need for them to meet face to face, the writing said
> it all.
> 
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