As controversies swirl around the postal service, Pynchon’s “Crying of Lot 49” seems relevant. So does Welty’s “Why I Live at the P.O.”
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The USPS and Conspiracy Theories
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Postal Service Under Attack (Again)
Trump apparently would like to see the U.S. Postal Service die. Pynchon has a novel that helps us understand rightwing opposition to what others regard as a treasure.
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Paranoid Postal Service Fantasies
Pynchon’s “Crying of Lot 49” helps us understand rightwingers who want the USPS to fail.
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