Murdered by Capitalism

[J. Herzog]

John Ross did a well attended reading/booksigning last Friday night at the 
bookstore where I work (he lived up here in Humboldt county through much of 
the 70s and 80s...the same period Pynchon was here). He's an old beat kind 
of guy, half blind, but he still has an energetic jazzy reading style. Given 
his manic poetic sensibility and political and historical interests, its not 
surprising Pynchon digs him. He's also written a few books on Mexico, where 
he now lives,  including 'War Against Oblivion' about the Zapatistas, and a 
book of poems called 'Against Amnesia'.

J.

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>From: jbor <jbor at bigpond.com>
>To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Murdered by Capitalism
>Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 08:31:28 +1000
>
>A review by former p-lister, David Kipen, of the new book by John Ross 
>which
>has been blurbed by Pynchon.
>
>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/06/08/DDG2C711D11.DTL
>
>Kipen writes, in part:
>
>     [...] For all Ross' radicalism, he never goes easy on the left. [...]
>
>Which is the case with _Vineland_ as well, of course.
>
>best
>
>
>

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