From: LouisFors <LouisFors@aol.com>
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Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 11:14:11 EST
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Subject: Jay Leyda
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emwebbers:

I spent a lot of my youth and early adulthood digging deeply into film. Later
I taught film criticism, among other things.  The name of Jay Leyda was (and
is) an important one, particularly with respect to Russian film.  I was
surprised to learn, when I began to deepen my interest in ED, that Leyda had
written about her and about Melville.  Is it the same Leyda?  If so, does
anybody know his story, particularly with respect to his rather remarkable
scope--from Eisenstein to ED?
Sorry, I haven't done my homework by reading _The Years and Hours of Emily
Dickinson_.  I'm still plugging away.

It's a sunny day in Santa Fe.  Matter of fact El Nino has caused slippage in
our usual winter scene, which is O.K. by me.

Louis Forsdale