Roger, Jessica and all things Queer.

[Henry M]

Of course. I stand corrected. On the spelling, that is. Sure, each of 
those persons are a product of their times, but that becomes a 
meaningless point on any one generalization. A nasty, a mama's boy 
homophobe, and the original famous (as famous as a poet can be) 
flaming American writer. "Product of Times" can only explain 
something that is already evident, no predict.

DCNY - Tomorrow Night?

On 26 Nov 96 at 0:57, davemarc wrote:

> Date:          Tue, 26 Nov 1996 00:57:44 -0500 (EST)
> To:            "Henry M" <gravity at nicom.com>
> From:          davemarc <davemarc at panix.com>
> Subject:       Re: Roger, Jessica and all things Queer.

> At 12:18 AM 11/26/96 -0500, HM wrote:
> 
> >Andrew is correct about letting the text speak fo itself. Why do
> >some people, who would abhor someone generalizing that a particular
> >person neccessarily possesses certain qualities because of that
> >person's race or religion or sex, have a hard time with, in this
> >case, a writer writing during a particular "era." A benighted era,
> >before people were enlightened/PC. <sigh>
> >
> >Pynchon isn't Nixon. Pynchon isn't Jack Kerouac. 
> >And no, the man <grin> isn't Allen Ginsburg, either. 
> >
> But all four (and their books) are products of their times....
> 
> davemarc (who, as a product of this era, understands that HM
> probably means Allen Ginsberg)
> 
> 

Keep cool, but care. -- TRP
Aw, what the heck: go bananas. -- HDM

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