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Contents “Thank you for the book. It is very exotic looking. This was the only one of Millers books I didnt have and I’ve been looking forward to reading it for years…” Mentions his early publications: “I’m afraid theres not much research to do in the way of bibliography. Think I published a story once in a college rag…When I started writing novels I stopped writing anything else. Never wrote no poetry.” Ends with “I’m in Tucson working on my ‘western’ [Blood Meridian] Long book supposed to be out...

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Thanking him for typescript and asking to have it signed. Suggests Woolmer/Brotherson publish a limited signed edition of “Burial” [previously published in Antaeus].

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“Thank you for the note. Letter, I guess…” Mentions he did not know that Antaeus had published an excerpt from Suttree. “I dont like to find my name in little magazines, but the idea of a limited edition sounds interesting. I’m working on a western [Blood Meridian] – based loosely on historical events in Mexico in 1849 – illustrated with about 2 dozen period prints – woodcuts mostly. The book is essentially finished (300 pp) but needs to be completely rewritten…”

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Regarding Suttree, which he does not like as much as McCarthy’s other works, but feels it is still “miles ahead of anything being written by any other writer.” Asks if McCarthy uses a typewriter; discusses possibility of publishing McCarthy’s “western.”

Contents “Thank you for your letter and here’s your book…” Robert Coles sent him proofs of a review to appear in the New Yorker. Mentions another review: “I suppose by now you may have seen the thing in Esquire, I enjoyed the cartoon. Thought it showed a wit and discernment the reviewer [Geoffrey Wolff] could have used. Also the cartoonist managed to get all the words spelled right.” Answers Woolmer’s question about his writing process: “I normally use a typewriter (you asked) and I think you can...

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Providing details of publishing history.

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“Thank you very much for the Levertov. It is very handsome…” mentions Kosinki’s book in passing, agrees that Esquire has fallen on hard times, he’s seen a number of reviews, some of them nice ones. Mentions that his editor is Albert Erskine and that Woolmer should contact him about publishing the excerpt.

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Regarding publishing an excerpt of Blood Meridian.

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“What are you doing? Did you ever hear from Albert about the limited signed edition…?”

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Regarding cancelled trip to Vanderbilt and response received from Albert Erskine.

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“Sorry you didnt get down to Nashville, would have enjoyed seeing you…” Discusses Random House, “Albert is semi-retired and probably considered some sort of relic of bygone years by the functional illiterates now in command…” Also, “a short section of the western is to appear – I am told – in the next issue of Triquarterly. The issue being devoted to the literature of the West. I’m branching out.”

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Proving fair market appraisals of three signed McCarthy books.

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Had coffee with Marisa and Sylvia Erskine.

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Alerting McCarthy to bookmarks quoting him. Inquires about future limited editions.

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Heard that Thomas Staley met McCarthy in El Paso; urges McCarthy to consider the HRHRC as home for his papers.

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Thanking for inscribed Gardener’s Son; just back from Vancouver.

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Inquiring about a proof copy of Cities of the Plain.

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Asking McCarthy to inscribe Cities of the Plain.

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Sending Cities of the Plain for inscription; congratulations on wedding and wife’s pregnancy.

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Thanking for Cities of the Plain; recommends The Bandana, a new opera with a libretto written by Paul Muldoon.