Tom and Harry

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Tue Aug 23 11:08:45 CDT 2011


The Cornell Sun was crap back in the 70's when I was there.

On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 5:20 AM, Henry M <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.cornellsun.com/section/arts/content/2011/08/22/potter-ends-remarkable-high
>
> Is this is the kind of claptrack that passes for thoughtful writing at
> Cornell these days?
>
> "Lucky for me, we inhabit a post-modern moment that offers a variety
> of literature to reflect our confusion. Try pulling a thread of
> morality out of Pynchon, Delillo or Foster Wallace and you’ll surely
> see why. As a reader of contemporary American literature, I can’t help
> but notice that not only is morality out of style, but so are dramatic
> conclusions and linear structure. All of these structures seem overly
> romantic and most authors employ them only ironically. In an attempt
> to mirror real life, 21st century literature is incomplete, erratic
> and kind of unsatisfying."
>
> AsB4,
> ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
> Henry Mu
> http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
>



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