NPPF "You are telling me!"

jbor jbor at bigpond.com
Sat Oct 25 13:13:39 CDT 2003


> on 25/10/03 1:42 AM, Glenn Scheper at glenn_scheper at earthlink.net wrote:
> 
>> Count +one arcane AF fellow in Alfred Edward Housman.
> 
> From what I know neither Housman, nor any other of the major poets you've
> continually tried to lumber with the mantle, was blessed with a
> double-jointed vertebra. I think this constant barrage of AF propaganda does
> an enormous disservice to the life and work of these authors and poets.

Just to clarify this. I don't agree that any of the poets or writers
mentioned practised auto-eroticism, or wrote about auto-eroticism, or
thought about it when they wrote, or perceived it as a component of their
aesthetic. And I don't agree that it's present as a reference in any of
their works.

I meant no offence or ill will towards Glenn, and I'm happy to see that he
has four new recruits to his AF fan club.

best




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