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Steve, --

Sorry for being so tardy with the book exchange. I tried more than once to send my end of the bargain. It ended up costing an hour of standing in line (as I knew it would) in a crowded and humid post office, and $25, and my decorum in my Wednesday lecture as I had to run from East Village to West to get to my students in time, arriving red-faced, etc.

I've only glanced through Bear. "A fat, freckled, pink and black tongue. It licked. It rasped, to a degree. It probed. It felt very warm and good and strange. What the hell did Byron do with his bear? she wondered." No dissuading the Americans of any stereotypes now. I didn't realize it was a "real" book. Did you know that it won a Governor General's award?

Anyhow, as you have already said you will, I desperately need this book returned to me, for reasons my blog has earlier explained.

Your internet fast friend,
Marianne