Erik Hammen

January 1, 1997

Hello Pinkwater

I know you come to Albany NY and lurk around every so often, so I thought I might turn you on to a great Italian deli. As you drive downtown from the Bookhouse at Stuyvesant plaza it’s about four blocks down on your right in a minimall. I used to work at the Bookhouse and am glad to see the massive 5 book anthology includes the mighty Alan Mendelsohn, The Boy from Mars, and that your recent works published on line are not deviating from your Chicago beatnik fat boy theme.

I know the Bookhouse well, and may know the deli of which you speak. I have noshed extensively up and down that road, the name of which escapes me, and have even sampled the joke bagels at Breugger's.