News York Times & Nathanael West
From a biographical sketch of Nathanael West:
West died young in an automobile accident in 1940. He was with the lady he had married just a few months earlier, Eileen McKenney, protagonist of her sister's play My Sister Eileen . Reporting his death, the New York Times misspelt his name, misnamed his novels, and showed more interest in his wife, while the whole report appeared on the amusements page.
I don't mean to pick on the Times. Its editorials are the last bastion of good sense in the USA.
West died young in an automobile accident in 1940. He was with the lady he had married just a few months earlier, Eileen McKenney, protagonist of her sister's play My Sister Eileen . Reporting his death, the New York Times misspelt his name, misnamed his novels, and showed more interest in his wife, while the whole report appeared on the amusements page.
I don't mean to pick on the Times. Its editorials are the last bastion of good sense in the USA.
posted by WarrenBoroson at 3:15 PM
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