and see if you don't hear Diz say some–
thing.
That bit about tea being a heaven
or haven is further romanticising by
Broyard. Tea is indulged in with fel–
low initiates, fellow Knights of the
Joint, for pure enjoyment. There is
no dream-state similar to that of opium,
there is no sentimentality. What you
do have is a heightened sensibility to
stimulus, a heightened risibility. There
is now much to laugh at and the more
you laugh the more you want to laugh.
What a life!
That's all I have to say. Tell Broyard
to do some more observation and not
to let his pen get in the way of his
gaze. This topic is very interesting and
has much in it that should be explored.
Previous attempts have been inutile.
Incidentally, the best book on jive–
talk and one which offers a sound basis
as to its development is the one by
Dan Burley, it's called "Harlem Jive"
and it contains some great jive parodies
on some great and near-great things.
Miles Templer
New York
City
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE
SELECTED FABLES
A New Translation
By
EUNICE CLARK
Jllustrated
By
ALEXANDER CALDER
Publication Date: September 15th
36
full and half page illustrations
and 12 vignettes, Price •••
$8.50
THE QUADRANGLE PRESS
15 West +4th Street
New York 18, N. Y.
AMONG THE IS-SESSION COURSES TO BE OFFERED BY THE
YM-YWHA BEGINNING OCTOBER, 1948, ARE THE .FOLLOWING:
PHILIP RAHV
The European Novel
DELMORE SCHWARTZ
Modern Poetry and Fiction
DELMORE SCHWARTZ
The Composition of Poetry
DR. DON MARION WOLFE The Craft of Fiction
(Short Story end Novel)
ANTHONY PENALE
Contemporary Dramatic Literature
DR. ORSAND DURAND
English Literature- A Survey
Also one hundred other courses in Art, Music, Drama, Modern Dance, Psychology,
Psychiatry, Philosophy, Hebrew, Yiddish, Jewish History, Bible, Telmud, Jewish
Philosophy.
Call or write for C41talogue.
YOUNG MEN'S AND Y_OUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION
Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
ATwater 9-9455
1055
