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Apr 19, 2023Liked by Tosh Berman

This is not about Paul Bowles, but I was thinking of you last night when I watched "Jane by Charlotte". Have you seen it . . . it's on Mubi. Don't have your email.

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Thanks Tosh, as you know I’m a big fan of Paul Bowles. His cultural reach is large, his music is wonderful and his books incredible. There’s also a book of collected letters that’s particularly interesting. They show a somewhat vulnerable side to him. I think it was Virgil Thomson who said about his autobiography “Without Stopping” should have been titled “Without Telling.”

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Apr 19, 2023Liked by Tosh Berman

Hi Tosh, Have you read "Without Stopping"? It gets into his music criticism and composition quite a bit, which I found particularly fascinating. He was one weird cold cat, I'll say that!

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