First Fruits

       Going through my study finally (as I've promised myself for years) to get rid of everything but what I can't bear to throw away, I come upon the first "great" article I wrote for the Quarterly Journal of Speech.  I'd forgotten it was given the lead position in the journal for that issue.  It was the main fruits of my PhD dissertation.  It still reads great, what can I say?

       I remember delivering it as a paper at the national convention the year before.  There was a packed "house"; I was a "rock star" of young academia.  Congratulations and requests for copies flew from the rafters.  Can I throw this article away?

        No.