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On consulting a copyright lawyer you will fied that under the old for permission to reprint my "fire the bastards!" (an uncopyrighted work) and I refused permission, you became subject to my "common-law copyright." I demand that you, having committed piracy against my common-law copyright, (1) destroy all copies, printing plates, etc., of your edition of Fire the Bastards! print no more copies; (2) recall all copies from bookstores and libraries, as well as review and complimentary copies (one copy may be retained by you and by me, for legal purposes), and make a good-faith effort to recover copies from paying customers; (3) according to the old law's penalties, forfeit to me the total gross receipts from sales of your edition. (These penalties are not to be confused with royalties. I will not accept royalties from your edition because this would condone your piracy. When I have the time and money I will get a lawyer and enforce my rights in court. You are required, however, to take the above steps before being sued. Your behavior, as always, has been highly unethical. Your intention about my work has been and is to insult and demean it, and to leave your sneaky cockroach stains on it. Now you are sentimentalizing the poorly written old newspaper, and confusing intention with achievement. This is because you can feel superior to my immature writing, and this is why you dismiss, by comparison, my newspaper #18, I'm Going Daneing with Lesly Lesby 01982; it has several alternate titles including Preliminary Edition?, and Snaps. It is only a matter of time before the literary and humorous value of these mature works is recognized, along with, I hope, that of Return to jack green's newspaper (in progress), which will contain a version of “fire the bastards!" as I would have written it in 1962 if I had been able to write well. You will then be remembered only by a footnote in Return. Certainly none of your work will survive.
FIRE THE BASTARDS cover art
Rembrandt’s Philosopher in Meditation, overlaid with the Dalkey Archive logo
DALKEY 40
Jacques Roubaud writes an equation on a whiteboard in a classroom. In the top corner is his name, the year of his birth, and the year of his death.
An Angel Walks Through The Stage and Other Essays by Jon Fosse, atop a faded map of Norway
LAST NIGHT by Sven Popovic