[lbo-talk] Ranking Intellectuals

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Oct 28 06:45:14 PST 2003


Jeet Heer wrote:


>What is interesting are what those hits actually refer to -- I just
>discovered that there is a reference to Doug Henwood in Tracy Quan's novel
>Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl. The lead character, a sex trade worker of
>course, is interviewed by Doug on his radio show....

Yup. Fact-based. I interviewed Tracy years ago, and when she was writing the novel, she asked if it was OK to use my name. Of course, I said, finding both the publicity and the context irresistible. My only regret is that I'm described as asking a question "earnestly." How horrible!

Doug



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