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Re: A sorry state
Curragh makes a similar point to mine, only better and more concisely, and provokes a longer, more confused reply from jsgilm. One that attempts to refute the charge of jingoistic irrelevance with a fresh dose of, er, jingoistic irrelevance. According to which, literary recognition is but ''a sort of phantom strength'', a poor surrogate for ...
Posted to Culturebox by Nordolf on October 9, 2008
It's Good to Know You Do Care Really
Putting aside the credibility problem that afflicts ''Why We Don't Care'' pieces, roughly in proportion to their word count, Kirsch was doing alright here. That is, up until his assertion that the source of injustice at the Swedish Academy is Europe's pent-up resentment at being ''culturally, economically and politically dependent on the United ...
Posted to Culturebox by Nordolf on October 7, 2008
E-mailing Poetry With Another Copywriter
E-mailing Poetry With Another CopywriterAfter years of writing wordsFor those I've rarely met,Of shouting songs at wallsShelved high with books,Eva's words take spaceAmong my half-formed thoughts,Tossed like seeds on frozen dirt.I'll reply verse for verse:Proustian memories silencedFrom my own discarded past,Now verse shrinks life to image.What ...
Posted to Poems by elisabeth on October 1, 2007