New York Times Magazine just pissed me off...
Ted Samsel
tejas at infi.net
Sun Mar 16 07:28:54 CST 1997
Marisa sez:
>
> Anyone read the New York times magazine section this Sunday?
> There was an article by James Atlas how "easy" books are
> "in" now and that Gravity's Rainbow (and other such books
> which are "hard") may have fans and followers but that no
> one actually enjoys reading them. It was very disappointing
> to see such support of ignorance or at least support of not
> challenging yourself in a magazine I like to think is
> generally intellectually stimulating...
Mayhaps we are "turning Japanese" and being "manga" wurzeled.
tejas at infi.net
"Eat some blackeyed peas and fried banana,
smoke me a seegar from Havana,
I'll be the King of Louisiana"
(It's gonna be) PAYDAY Porter Wagoner
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