Excerpts from MELUS NewsNotes.(V. Re-markings: selected writings by Katharine D. Newman) From: MELUS | Date: September 22, 2004| Author: Newman, Katherine D. | COPYRIGHT 2004 The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnics Literature of the United States. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

MELUS: The Society

Once upon a time there was a dear little old lady who found she had enough money so that she didn't have to hang around doctors' offices anymore. So she sent in her subscription to her favorite magazine, but when the National Geographic came, she was abashed. She wrote the Society: "I am happy to get the magazine, but I really don't deserve it because I am just too old to do any of that mountain climbing that Society members are supposed to do."