June 1979 Issue [Books] The traffic in words Download PDF Adjust Share No place for the avant-garde by Hugh Kenner, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Book reviews Books Experimental fiction, American Gilbert Sorrentino Reviews More from Hugh Kenner The Reading Public I heard about a rejection letter recently that deserves preservation in these days of big-time word-merchandising. “I cannot recall reading,” it said without irony, “a novel as learned, as intelligent,… Out my computer window Travels in the land of BIX Ear culture Adjust Share