"The Changing World of New York Intellectuals" (A letter to the editor), New York Times, September 29, 1985.

Excerpt:

In his article on New York’s intellectuals, James Atlas quotes me as saying that it was a tradition among New York intellectuals to marry money.

Obviously, Mr. Atlas misheard some remark or other in the course of our brief telephone conversation. I didn’t say that, I couldn’t have said that – it is so far from the truth.

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