LUCKY JOYCE

I emailed Andre Codrescu and mentioned that he is mentioned in the first chapter of my new novel LUCKY JOYCE. I emailed the pages his name appeared to try it out on him. I related a true Andre story from the years that I taught at LSU. He was not offended and offered encouragement and said that his academic novel was coming out soon. I also wrote about a party at Vance Bourjaily's, but since there was no aspersions cast I feel I don't have to run Vance down. There is a genre known as fan fiction. When one is very famous it is safe to write about them. It is the private individuals that may take offense and have legal grounds. (My son is a lawyer.)