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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 May 2021

      The whole question of preserving papers of the dead is tricky but my instinct is to err on the side of preservation.

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    2. Josh Marshall‏Verified account @joshtpm 22 May 2021
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      in cases where the dead person asked for them to be destroyed?

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 May 2021
      Replying to @joshtpm

      Yeah. I mean I'm glad that the dying wishes of Virgil, Emily Dickinson and Franz Kafka were (mostly) ignored by those who controlled their papers.

      8:17 AM - 22 May 2021
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        2. Josh Marshall‏Verified account @joshtpm 22 May 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Yeah, as I think you and I have discussed, the frequency with which these requests are ignored suggests that the requesters may realize its questionable whether these wishes will be followed.

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 May 2021
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          Yes, I remember discussed this. Also: private papers of the public figures need to be in public institutions. Amazingly Robert E. Lee's family still has many of his papers (which they won't show scholars).

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        1. Alkali‏ @alkali19 22 May 2021
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          if any situation warrants an exception to the rule it is this one; Roth had no reason to think that his biographer would be so compromised

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        1. Anthony Kuchar‏ @Cerebus92 22 May 2021
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          Nikolai Gogol burned Dead Souls second volume, regretted doing so, then died too young to rewrite it. I think that’s a real shame.

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