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Janitor's note from Viet Nam Literature Project. That is my title and what they pay me for. Editorial and fundraising are volunteer shifts.

I dropped editor because it gave the impression that there was a budget and a salary, or release time from an academic post. A curator would be the art historian who writes the chat boxes distracting you from what you should be looking at in the museum.

Not that there is anything wrong with a curator, or a docent. But me, I am the janitor, leaning on a broom and in your face. You may find yourself wondering, as in a museum, whether he is part of the installation, performance art.

Oh, it's my jay oh bee. Well, my second one, part-time. Mostly I do maintenance for a thoroughbred, her grand-foals and livestock. What I want here is your attention.

Since I started cleaning the floors in February we have won the attention of about 25 readers for each book and author. Were I lecturing in a university on this topic that would be a rock-solid return.

This being the internet I think we will all feel better, more cosy while remaining avant-garde, at say 4 hundred. Please consider signing up for the visible audience for free.

Please consider patronizing us all at $50/year, or the whole enterprise at $250/year. It's a charity, like church or the theater. Oooo. I may start triple-dipping as sexton and usher as well.

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