1975. Brown writes to the publisher of "the Martha Foley anthology" (The Best American Short Stories 1975) to inquire as to why reviews are appearing but she has yet to see a copy, and she also adds, "I found it disconcerting at the time you sent out word of the anthology's choices never to be informed directly myself....There are surely enough such distances in the world already without alienating writers from the fate of their writing on those few fine occasions when it's a good one." Signed by Brown. Stapled to a note indicating a copy of the book has been sent. Near fine. A small glimpse at the isolation a writer could feel (in the last quarter of the last century) in pursuing her solitary literary journey. Brown's novel The Autobiography of My Mother would come out the following year. [#036677] $250