Tracking the ever-elusive Great American Novel

[Paul Mackin]

On May 23, 2006, at 10:38 AM, jd wrote:

> anti-feminist anger?  Jesus christ jbor, I was playing along til then
> but that's just silly.  Just because someone wins a Nobel Prize
> doesn't make them some kind of goddess incapable of a few wrong words.
> It has nothing to do with the fact that she's black, or that she's a
> she, and everything to do with a few simple words spoken by a person.
> And certainly no reason to start a petty e-bet.
>
> Tony Morrison is a shitty writer.  She's a popular shitty writer, but
> you know what?  DaVinci Code outsold the Bible, so that's what the
> measure of popularity is worth.  I think that I've given up my usual
> middle of the road stance to come to a firm opinion on this.
>
> "blatant redneck misrepresentation of them" - if buying into some
> trite BS is "redneck" (though it doesn't really make sense to make
> this a race thing considering I find Ewidge Danticat, Frederick
> Douglas, and Ralph Ellison fine authors) then damnit, American by
> birth, Southern by the grace of God!
>



jd has introduced the innovation of not including the message one is
responding to.

Which is OK.

It's getting harder and harder to remember who said what and to whom,
on what occasion,  whether publicly or privately,  whether in a  
racist or
male-chauvinistic manner, whether this type of confusion just adds to
the fun, whether the whole thing would be even better if Doug were
still on board.