Uneasy Fame For a Reclusive Soul, Newsday, July 14, 1987. May Swenson won $135,000 from the MacArthur Foundation. Hartocollis was able to track Swenson to her home Sea Cliff, Long Island for an interview.
Harvard Lampoon Centennial Anniversary medallion, 1976. While a student at Harvard, William Gaddis served as president of The Harvard Lampoon for two years (1943-1945).