Jane "The Real Deal" Grant Says

[Derek C. Maus]

On Mon, 14 Dec 1998, Jane Grant wrote:

> For the record, it is an objective and irrefutable fact that DFW sux.

For the record, it is an objective and irrefutable fact that this is your
opinion, to which you are objectively and irrefutably entitled.

> There's no point arguing about this anymore, folks. The person who only
> read 1/10 of IJ is the only really smart one around here [...]

Can't say I agree with you there, J.G....

> because not only are the first 110 pages more than representative of the
> dross that follows,

...and I certainly can't (nor am I inclined to try) to verify this
suspicion that I arrived at...

> but in the time it took P. to wade through that shitstorm TWICE (egads,
> P., what the hell were you thinking??), you could probably read all of
> Lorrie Moore and Mark Richard and David Preston and sundry others who at
> least seem to have editors.

...but I can certainly second this emotion, which was my point all along.

For the record, I don't mind anonymity among posters (sorry, Doug)--I mind
animosity, especially if it's masked by anonymity. It's part of the
reasons why spammers and Usenet flamers don't use their own address, after
all.

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