Politics vs Art

[David Morris]

The politics in ATD was often a detraction from the art.  Overt politics
tends to do that.

David Morris

On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Adam Kirsch, an estimable critic in general, is on record dissing Against
> the Day because of its bad politics---violent anarchism, domestic
> terrorism, the authors' positions, etc.....as he misread it.
>
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 11:05 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
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>> http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/01/books/review/can-a-book-with-bad-politics-be-a-good-book.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fbooks&action=click&contentCollection=books&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=8&pgtype=sectionfront
>>
>
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