One thing he did more responsibly than almost any Fellow I remember. We had a practice then of having the current Fellows act as preliminary readers on the applications of people wanting to come the next year. Among the manuscripts that he got to read was one by Ken Kesey, then still at Oregon. The manuscript was a football novel all about homosexual quarterbacks and corrupt coaches. Ed's comment {we asked only for a rating: Good, possible, or impossible} was one sentence: "Football has found its James Jones." And that's about all I know. I never saw Ed Abbey after he left here, though I read his books with pleasure
( David Gessner )
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